{"id":7265,"date":"2025-09-08T15:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T20:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/?p=7265"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:28:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T20:28:22","slug":"canvas-smart-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/2025\/09\/08\/canvas-smart-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas Smart Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leveraging semantic algorithms and AI, the new <strong>Smart Search<\/strong> feature understands the context of queries, providing more accurate and relevant results without the need for traditional Boolean operators or other search tools. This approach is an improvement over traditional keyword-based searches, and will enable users to swiftly and efficiently navigate the vast array of educational resources available on Canvas. The Search feature is querying the following four items within a course: content pages, announcements, discussion prompts and assignment descriptions. It can be used by students and faculty. It can be used alongside other search tools.<\/p>\n<div id=\"search-keywords\" class=\"step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-1\" data-step-uuid=\"28554df2-7c7a-4dbc-85d6-bef9aa129cc7\">\n<h2 id=\"search-keywords\" class=\"step-title screensteps-heading\">Search Keywords<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image screensteps-image\"><a class=\"screensteps-image-zoom\" href=\"https:\/\/media.screensteps.com\/image_assets\/assets\/009\/534\/696\/original\/9b959ebe-ebe1-4287-bd37-a62a33de978b.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.screensteps.com\/image_assets\/assets\/009\/534\/696\/medium\/9b959ebe-ebe1-4287-bd37-a62a33de978b.png\" alt=\"Search Keywords\" width=\"518\" height=\"305\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"step-instructions screensteps-textblock\">\n<div id=\"text-content_3287d897-33da-4c22-9c4d-1c59706b1260\" class=\"text-block-content\">\n<p>1.\u00a0 In the Course Navigation menu, click the <strong>Smart Search<\/strong>\u00a0link [1].<\/p>\n<p>2. To find an assignment, announcement, discussion, or page, enter a keyword in the <strong>Search<\/strong>\u00a0field [2].<\/p>\n<p>3. A list of relevant results display. To filter the search results, click the <strong>Filters<\/strong>\u00a0button [3].<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"filter-search-results\" class=\"step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-1\" data-step-uuid=\"d76f7096-8ef4-448d-ad45-637b523ffb12\">\n<div class=\"step-instructions screensteps-textblock\">\n<div id=\"text-content_a085dc11-c3d6-4329-8cc0-3b94a3f96125\" class=\"text-block-content\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To remove Smart Search from the Course Navigation menu go to <strong>Settings<\/strong>, <strong>Navigation<\/strong> tab, and to the right of Smart Search click <strong>Disable<\/strong>, then <strong>Save<\/strong> at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Smart-Search-Feature-Preview\/Smart-Search-FAQ\/ta-p\/604415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More information on Smart Search and FAQ\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\"><p>Leveraging semantic algorithms and AI, the new Smart Search feature understands the context of queries, providing more accurate and relevant&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/2025\/09\/08\/canvas-smart-search\/\" class=\"more-link\">\n\t\tContinue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Canvas Smart Search&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canvas","category-how-to-guides","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6byRN-1Tb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7265"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7265"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7270,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7265\/revisions\/7270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}