This is about what happens when the setting "Display extended course names" setting on Site administration > Appearance > Courses is turned on. Really you should test both with that on, to make sure it works, and with it off, to make sure there are no regressions. 1. Go to a user's profile. 2. Click the Roles > This user's role assignments link in the setting block. 3. Verify that any course names are shown with short-name first (if the admin setting is on). 4. Check index.php, course/index.php and course/category.php, to make sure that course names there are also shown with the short-name first (if the admin setting is on).