--- loncom/interface/lonpickcourse.pm	2006/01/10 21:36:45	1.37
+++ loncom/interface/lonpickcourse.pm	2006/02/02 17:57:40	1.39
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Pick a course
 #
-# $Id: lonpickcourse.pm,v 1.37 2006/01/10 21:36:45 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonpickcourse.pm,v 1.39 2006/02/02 17:57:40 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ ENDDOCUMENT
 				       'cde' => 'Course Description',
 				       'cdo' => 'Course Domain',
                                        'cin' => 'Course Institutional Code',
-                                       'cow' => "Course Owner's usename");
+                                       'cow' => "Course Owner's Username");
     my ($name_code,$name_input);
     if (defined($env{'form.cnameelement'}) && $env{'form.cnameelement'} ne '') {
 	$name_code = "opener.document.$env{'form.form'}.$env{'form.cnameelement'}.value=cdesc;";
@@ -287,12 +287,12 @@ ENDSCRIPT
         my $numcourses = keys(%courses);
 	foreach my $course (keys(%courses)) {
             my $descr;
-            if ($courses{$course} =~ m/^([^:]*):/) {
+            if ($courses{$course} =~ m/^([^:]*):/i) {
                 $descr = &Apache::lonnet::unescape($1);
             } else {
                 $descr = &Apache::lonnet::unescape($courses{$course});
             }
-            my $description = lc($descr);
+            my $description = $descr;
             push (@{$by_descrip{$description}}, $course);
 	}
         if ($numcourses > 1 && $multiple) {
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ ENDSCRIPT
                     onclick="javascript:uncheckAll(document.courselist.course_id)" />
                     <br /><br />');
         }
-	foreach my $description (sort(keys(%by_descrip))) {
+	foreach my $description (sort 
+				 { lc($a) cmp lc($b) } (keys(%by_descrip))) {
             foreach my $course (@{$by_descrip{$description}}) {
 	        my $cleandesc=&HTML::Entities::encode($description,'<>&"');
 	        $cleandesc=~s/'/\\'/g;