Atomic Search
Atomic Search is a search tool in Canvas that allows instructors and students to easily search Canvas course content.
What is Atomic Search?
Atomic Search enables instructors and students to search all of the Canvas course content they have access to, including files, pages, assignments, quizzes and announcements.
Select whether to search individual courses, or all of your courses.
Where is Atomic Search?
You can find a search box at the top of every screen in Canvas.
You can see it on the global navigation bar of Canvas.
You can also access it from the course navigation menu.
How Do I Use Atomic Search?
Type the search term into the search box.
You can search using keywords, phrases and wildcards.
You can also filter by Term, Types, Relevance and Recency.
Which Content Can I Search?
Atomic Search allows users to only search the content that they have permission to access in Canvas. That means instructors and students can only search the courses they have access to in Canvas.
Students only see search results for content that is published, whereas instructors see search results for content that is both published and unpublished.
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