For example, if I have multiple courses in Brightspace, and I wanted to search through all of them to see if I used a specific YouTube video or a link to an external website, etc., in any of them, is there a way to do that?
Hello @Ginger.B.711
At present, there is no global content search functionality available in Brightspace.
Now, depending on what content experience you are using, you may be able to perform a topic name search at the course level. At present, only the Classic Content Experience has the ability to search content topic names (at the course level). If you are using the New Content Experience, you may attempt to workaround this by using browser search, which will search only the text rendered on the page at the time you perform the search.
That said, to cast your vote for global content search as a feature, I would invite you to vote for this idea in the Product Ideas Exchange (PIE). PIE is designed for users like you to send direct feedback to our Product Development organization and has the following advantages:
Finally, another alternative, although this would require access to Data Hub, is to pull the content-related data sets to get a picture for what content objects live in your courses. Typically Data Hub is access-restricted to Administrators, so if you do not have access you could reach out to your Organization's Brightspace administrators to download / join the appropriate data sets for this exercise. If you are an administrator, you will likely be looking at using/joining the following data sets:
I hope that helps!
Jeffrey
Learning Administration Manager
@Ginger.B.711 - did you find any third party tool by any chance that could do this? We've been wanting functionality like this for both our learners and instructors. So far we are trialed Atomic Search which had some good features: https://integrationhub.brightspace.com/details/atomic-search But wanted to trial other tools before we make a decision on what would work best for us. But nothing else on the integration hub, obviously did a global search functionality. Thought it was worth asking to see if you found anything as coming up to a year ago that you posed this question
@Christina.T.727 - No, we haven't tried anything like that. I'll have to look into it.
Good news. The search topics box is now available in the new content experience according to the December release.
Connect with our Known and Fixed Issue information to learn about improvements made to Brightspace.
Connect with leaders in pedagogy, accessibility, learning experience design and more
The Accessibility category serves as a single point of access to three avenues in Brightspace Community leading to the Accessibility Academy, Accessibility Library and Accessibility Discussions. These avenues offer courses and articles about accessibility to enhance accessibility knowledge and a group of accessibility enthusiasts to stay connected with.
Have questions about how to use Community? Stay tuned with updates, feedback opportunities and more for the Community here!
Connect with and ask questions on how to best use the Brightspace Product to transform the way your users learn!
Connect with product experts to learn more about tools frequently used by Brightspace Developers such as APIs and integrations!
Want to learn more about Brightspace Partners and Integrations? This is the place to be!
Stay up to date with product updates and announcements in this category.
Connect with our release information to learn about monthly improvements and updates to Brightspace.
Learn more about all the upskilling opportunities with courses and resources offered via the Brightspace Learning Center, Brightspace Guided Training and other training opportunities!
