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This section has details for the first two features: a global search and access rights for students to be content authors for the course.
Global search function
Global search function
There are some search features in Canvas (web and mobile apps) currently but it needs to expand across all areas, including a global search.
A search icon (with a magnifying glass) will sit on the top right hand corner of the interface for both the web and for mobile apps.
Expanded search function
Expanded search function
Once you clicked on the search icon, there will be a search box for you to type in anything to search the entire course. Depending on the context, it will also have a filter option, whether it will filter for unread announcements, or new discussions, or page collections and so on.
Image: An expanded search screen for global search. the filter will change depending on the context.
Access to the course
Access to the course
There are two areas needing update:
- Public access of the course content and for those content to be searchable,
- Student access to the course as co-authors.
1. Open-ended public-facing content
1. Open-ended public-facing content
Canvas currently allows courses with no term association to make it an open-ended course. It also allows a course to be publicly accessible, but content of these courses do not show up in search engines like the current Wordpress content does, so this could limit access.
These will be addressed in feature changes in other areas to allow customisation around public searches and participation.
2. Students as authors for course content
2. Students as authors for course content
After some considerations, I propose "Pages" to be the area to be opened up to allow students access as authors. This along with other features changes in the pages section will enable what needs to be done while allowing the instructors to maintain overall control of the course.
This will go along with an additional Canvas role: Student-contributors (or similar name) granting authoring access to Pages.
Coming next...
Coming next...
Next section will show changes on the Canvas Page area, it'd be a longer page than this one, with more images and a video.
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