Course Search 🔎

Activities ::: mod_coursesearch

Maintained by

Yurii Lysak

Enables teachers to add a powerful search bar to courses with floating quick-access widget, smart result grouping, multi-occurrence highlighting, and comprehensive content search across all activity types.

Latest release: 2 weeks

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119 downloads

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Current versions available: 1

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A comprehensive Moodle activity module that enables teachers to add a search bar to courses, allowing students to search through course content with automatic highlighting of search terms.

Key Features

Powerful Search

Comprehensive search through all course content types (Pages, Forums, Books, Labels, Wiki, Lessons, Glossary, Database, H5P, Folders)
Multiple occurrences support - finds all matches in content
Search filter options
Embedded mode to show search bar directly on course page

Smart Result Organization

Results grouped by course sections (optional per activity)
Collapsible activity grouping - multiple matches within the same activity are grouped together
Pagination for large result sets
Teachers can choose between grouped or flat list display

Floating Quick-Access Widget

Floating search widget appears on course page
Instant access to search without navigating to the activity page
Configurable vertical offset position
Automatically adapts to Moodle theme colors

Advanced Highlighting

Automatic scrolling to matched content
Multi-occurrence highlighting - highlights ALL matches when opening grouped results
Specific occurrence highlighting - highlights exact match when clicking individual results
Smart fallback for text inside links
Bootstrap accordion support (automatically expands collapsed sections)
Works on: Pages, Books, Lessons, Wiki, Forums, Glossary, Database, Labels