Overview

MyUWF's search functionality allows users to find Apps, People, Departments, and Locations as results. This article explains how searching works in MyUWF.

Basic Searching

You can search whether you are logged in or logged out. Searching while logged in returns more results, so if you don't see what you're looking for, ensure that you've logged in first.

Step 1

Open MyUWF and click inside the search bar in the top right. This will open a dropdown menu. If you're logged in, it will immediately show you a list of the MyUWF results you've most recently clicked on.

sample of Recently Visited list

Step 2

Enter a search term related to what you're looking for. By default, MyUWF will search the "All" category. For example, searching for the term art will yield results relating to all of the following:

the Art department
employees with the title "Art Director"
locations like the Art Gallery
people with the name "Arthur"
any other results with the letters "art" in the name or description

Note that as soon as you start typing, MyUWF will start searching. As you type "art" and then type "arth," the results will be readjusted in the dropdown menu based on your search term.

MyUWF will search for your term in the following places:

Apps - the app's title, description, and any keywords we have tagged the app with.
People - the person's name and position. Logged in users can search by email, employees can search by UWFid.
Departments - the department name.
Locations - the building number, the location name, and any keywords we have tagged the location with.

Apps and people will be searchable depending on the role you have at the university.

Step 3

Select your result from the dropdown list. As you scroll down the list, more and more results will load in. When there are none left to load, the scroll bar will stop at the bottom.

Step 4

Clicking on any of the results will bring you to either the matching MyUWF app, the person's or department's listing in the Campus Directory, or the location as seen on the Campus Map. You can also click the star in the top left corner to favorite/unfavorite a result.

individual result for Art department

Refining Your Search

By default, MyUWF brings in results relating to Apps, People, Departments, and Locations. You may wish to narrow down to just one of these categories.

Step 1

Type in your search term. Remember that MyUWF will search as you type, so make sure to wait a moment or hit enter after entering the full term.

Step 2

Notice that between the search box and the results, there's a series of buttons labeled "Apps," "People," "Departments," and "Locations." Click on any of these options to filter your search result down to one of those categories.

filter buttons

Apps will show results of any relevant apps inside MyUWF that you have access to.
People will show faculty, staff, and students who are listed in the Campus Directory
Departments will show departments that are listed in the Campus Directory
Locations will show locations seen on the Campus Map.