Course Search
If you have access to the Course Search feature, you can use it to display details about specific course sections. This might be useful for reviewing details about sections taught by other faculty members.
Key Concepts
The Course Search feature lets both you and your students search for course sections and display details about them.
Information Displayed in Course Search Results
When you search for course sections, the feature displays the following details about each section:
Its code
The name of the course
The term or subterm (if you did not enter it as part of the search criteria)
The faculty member who teaches or taught it
Its schedule
The description for of the associated course, if a description exists
The feature finds both those course sections that were created in the ERP system and those that were created in the portal (as described in the Creating Portal-Only Courses section). Note that if a course section was created within the ERP system but never imported into the portal, this feature will not return results about it.
Default Location
By default, the Course Search feature is located on the main page of the Academics tab. If desired, you may be able to create additional instances. If you need help with adding a feature to a page, refer to the Add a Feature Instance to a Page section.
Navigate to the Course Search feature.
In the Course Search feature, enter your search criteria. To select a term or subterm, click in the Term field and select one from the list. Click in the field again to select additional terms or subterms. To search all terms and subterms, select All or just leave the field blank. (Note: Selecting a term does not automatically select its subterms.)
Click Search.
The system returns the results that match your search criteria. Note that, for any item in the search results, you can do either of the following:
Click the course name to display the main page of the course context (if you have permission to view it; as a faculty member, you most likely will). If you do not have access to view the main page, the Course Information page displays instead.
Click the plus sign to the left of the course code to display the course description.
Click the blue “i” icon to display the My Info pop-up for the faculty member.