Open search with ⌘K or Ctrl+K to find courses, work, files, students and people, jump to a page, or start something new.
Every Lena app has a search box. It finds things, takes you to pages and starts new things. Press ⌘K on a
Mac or CtrlK elsewhere, or choose Search in the sidebar. To close it, press the shortcut
again or press Esc.
Press ⌘K or CtrlK. On a phone, tap the search icon in the top bar.
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Type at least two characters, then press Enter
Results don’t appear as you type. Type a name or a word, such as “memory”, and press Enter (the top row
reads Search for “memory”).
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Open a result
Move with ↑ and ↓ and press Enter, or click it.
Results grouped by kind: courses, materials, outlines, work and more.
Narrow it with a chip. Under the box, choose All, Courses, Assignments, Quizzes, Exam,
Announcements, Discussions, Files, Outlines or Students (and Agent chats if your school has Lena
Agent). Search starts on the chip for the section you’re in. Open it from the Quiz section, for example, and it starts on
Quizzes. A chip with nothing typed shows your recent items of that kind.Find a student. Choose the Students chip, type part of their name and press Enter. Pick the student
to see the courses they share with you, then a course to open their page in it. If you share only one course,
pressing Enter goes straight there.Start something new. Search also lists Quick Actions: New course, New assignment, New quiz,
New exam, New discussion, New announcement and New agent chat. You see only the ones you’re allowed
to do.Files open in a new tab; outlines open on the course’s Outline tab.
Search finds your enrolled courses as you type, and jumps to any section (Courses, Assignment, Quiz,
Exam, Grades and so on) or to Enrol Course. It doesn’t search inside courses. On a phone, open the menu
(top left) and choose Search.
Search finds pages (Settings among them), quick actions such as inviting a student, and people: students, lecturers
and admins. People appear once you’ve typed two characters. Lena shows only the closest few of each, so type more of
the name if you don’t see the person. Search doesn’t find courses or your school’s structure. Use the search box on
those pages instead.
The sidebar’s Recents list in Lena for Teachers and Lena for Students holds the courses, assignments, quizzes and
exams you opened lately, for the school you’re in. View more shows more. Each device has its own list.
Teacher search waits for Enter. Type at least two characters and press it.
“No results found.”
Check the spelling, try part of the name, or choose All if a chip is narrowing it. Search only finds things you
can open yourself. Students: search finds only courses you’re enrolled in.
