Edit an Activity – Advanced Search

1.       From the Activities menu select Activities search. The Activities Search page appears and displays the Basic Search tab.

2.       Click the Advanced Search tab.

3.       Enter your search terms:

The search returns activities found in any of the locations corresponding to the selections made (it is an OR search). If no search options are selected the search will return no results.

a.       If you want to refine your search to a certain keyword, in the Keyword field type the keyword.

b.       If you want to search Global Activities, leave the Global Activities option set to Yes.

c.       To search within a particular School, select a School from the School drop-down list.

d.       To search with a particular class, adjacent to Class, select the Yes option and then select a class from the drop-down list.

e.       To search with a particular group, adjacent to Group, select the Yes option and then select a group from the drop-down list.

f.        If you want to search for a particular Activity type, select it in the Activity Type drop down list.

g.       If you want to search for Activities created by a particular user, enter the user’s name in the Created By field.

h.       From the drop-down list adjacent to the Created By field, select the status of the user.

This setting is useful if you are searching for Activities that were created by a user who is no longer on the system

i.        If you are searching for published activities, set the Is Published option to Yes. If you are searching for unpublished activities, set this option to No.

j.        From the Between and And drop-down lists, select a date range.

4.       Click the Search button. The search is conducted and the results appear below the search fields.

To sort the results, click any of the hyperlinked headers.

5.       Adjacent to the Activity you want to edit, click the edit button. The Edit Activity panel appears.

6.       Make the required changes to the Activity. The following actions are available:

Setting	Action
Assign the Activity to a Different User	Select a user from the Re-assign Activity To drop-down list.
Allow Global Editing of the Activity	Select the Allow Collaborative Editing option.
Publish or unpublish the Activity	Click the Publish checkbox.
Change the dates during which the Activity is available	Change the settings in the From and To drop-down lists.
Change the Activity’s Title	Change the Activity Title field.
Change the Short Description of the Activity	Change the Short Description field.
Change the Activity keywords	Change the Keywords field.

7.       Click Save. The Activity is saved.