You don’t have to add keywords to every course – if it is displaying where expected on the search tool, then no keywords need to be added. The search tool uses the following criteria to generate the returned results:
- course title
- subject options
- JACS
- synonym
- keyword fields
The keywords you create now will also be used during Clearing. Please remember, it will take up to one hour for the data from Course Collect to feed through and display in the search tool. Therefore, your course may not appear immediately when searching for a keyword that has just been added.