The /course/ page in Moodle only displays course full names.

For example, if you have a course where the shortname is CF101 and the full name is 'Introduction to creative file sharing', then the /course/ page will only display 'Introduction to creative file sharing'.

In the OU system each course has a name (=fullname) and a code (=shortname). Staff need to be able to refer to courses by the code.

There are two workarounds:

1) We could include the course code in the fullname, so that the shortname is 'CF101' and the fullname is 'CF101 Introduction to creative filesharing'. This would work and may well be what is intended by the Moodle use of the names, but seems like unnecessary duplication (and it doesn't work right with other parts of our system where we display these two things separately).

2) Users can use the search facility to find courses instead of the list. This does work to search shortnames.

However, it would be a lot better for us if we could display the shortname alongside the fullname (as in, they are going to make me do this one way or another)

I propose a new feature as follows:

1) Rename the existing settings page 'Appearance > Course contacts' to 'Appearance > Courses'

2) Add new checkbox option to this page: 'Display shortname', 'Include shortname as well as fullname on course lists'. $CFG->courselistshortnames=1/0.

3) Change course/index.php (both the 'view' and 'edit' modes) so that, if this option is turned on, the shortname is displayed before the fullname, separated by a space, in the existing column/location. ('CF101 Introduction to filesharing' from example above)

There may also be other places where the system shows lists of multiple courses; if this is implemented I will attempt to find them.

Opinions on this, suggestions of different place to put the settings, etc., are welcome. As it is simple, I will implement it (initial version at least) and provide screenshots shortly.