Use Atomic Search on the left side of your Canvas page to search all published course content by keyword. Refine results with quotation marks for exact matches, asterisks to broaden searches, and filters for content type or sorting by recency or relevance. For guidance, watch the Canvas search video or follow the written steps provided.
Use Atomic Search from the left-hand side of your Canvas page to search all published course material by keyword. You can refine the results using quotation marks, an asterisk, filters and sorting options.
How to search your Canvas course
- On the left-hand side of your Canvas page, select Search.
- Enter a keyword. Atomic Search will search the full content of all published material in the course.
- To search for an exact match, put quotation marks around your keyword or phrase.
- To broaden your search, add an asterisk to the keyword.
- Filter the results by content type, or sort them by recency or relevance, to help you find what you need.
Watch the video instructions
You can also watch the Canvas search video instructions. The written steps above contain the same process if you cannot watch the video.