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Search for a user

Search for a user

Instructors and administrators can search for a specific user that's within their organization or enrolled within a specific class.

When searching for a user within your organization, you can perform the following tasks with the search results:

  • View the full user profile

  • Edit the user profile

When searching for a user within a class, you can view a list of user profiles that match your search criteria that are enrolled in your class.

Whether you're searching for a user within your organization or within a specific class, you can perform two types of searches:

  • Basic search

  • Advanced search

General search tips

Here are some general search tips that apply to your organization or class user search:

  • Click Basic Search or Advanced Search to toggle between the two search options.

  • Click Reset Fields at anytime to begin a new user search.

  • Click CSV to export your search results to your hard drive as a record of the user search.

  • Click a search result column heading to sort the search results in ascending or descending order based on that column heading.

  • Use the percent (%) character anywhere in your search string to enhance your wildcard search (Example — searching for 1%3 (which the system interprets as 1%3%) will return all search results that start with 1, followed by any character, then 3, and then followed by any other characters).

Search for a user within your organization

You can search your entire Möbius organization to locate a specific user profile.

To perform a user search within your organization:

  1. Click System User Manager on the System Homepage.

  2. Click User Search.

  3. Perform a basic search or an advanced search from the Global User Search pane to locate the user profile of interest.

  4. The user profiles that match your search criteria are displayed in the Active users in system pane. Click on a user login to view or edit the user's profile.

Search for a user within a class

You can search within a class to locate a specific user profile.

To perform a user search within a class:

  1. Click Class User Manager on the Class Homepage.

  2. Click Search for Users.

  3. Perform a basic search or an advanced search from the User Search pane to locate the user profile of interest.

  4. The user profiles that match your search criteria within the class are displayed in the Users that are enrolled in this class pane.

Basic search

A basic search can be performed whether an organization or class user search is being performed.

To perform a basic user search:

  1. Click Basic Search (if it isn't already selected) in the search pane of your organization or class user search.

  2. Complete as many basic search fields as needed:

    Search field name

    Field description

    Search

    Enter a value relating to a user detail of the user profile you're searching for.

    Example — Enter Juarez if you know the full last name of the user you're searching for.

    Records Per Page

    Use the drop-down list to select how many results you want to be displayed per page of user search results.

    25 records per page is the default.

  3. Click Search.

  4. The user profiles from the organization or class that match your search criteria are displayed.

Advanced Search

An advanced search can be performed whether an organization or class user search is being performed.

To perform an advanced user search:

  1. Click Advanced Search (if it isn't already selected) in the search pane of your organization or class user search.

  2. Complete as many advanced search fields as needed:

    Search field name

    Field description

    Last Name

    Enter a value relating to the last name of the user you're searching for.

    First Name

    Enter a value relating to the first name of the user you're searching for.

    User Login

    Enter a value relating to the user login of the user you're searching for.

    Student ID

    Enter a value relating to the student ID of the user you're searching for.

    Email

    Enter a value relating to the email address of the user you're searching for.

    User Role

    Select the system or class role from the available list for the user you're searching for.

    Records Per Page

    Use the drop-down list to select how many results you want to be displayed per page of user search results.

    25 records per page is the default.

    User Status

    Select the radio button to only search for user profiles that fit the selected user status.

    Choose from:

    • Active — Only users with an active account are listed in the search results.

    • All — Active users and previously deleted users are listed in the search results.

    • Deleted — Only previously deleted users are listed in the search results.

    Match

    Select the radio button to identify where in the user detail your entered value relates to.

    Choose from:

    • Starting with — Your entered value(s) is/are the first character(s) of the user detail.

    • Anywhere — Your entered value is somewhere in the user detail.

    • Exact — Your entered value is a complete value that's an exact match with the user detail.

    Case Sensitive

    Select the Match Case check box if you want your search results to match the case used in your search criteria.

  3. Click Search.

  4. The user profiles from the organization or class that match your search criteria are displayed.

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