diff --git a/app/coffeescripts/models/grade_summary/Group.coffee b/app/coffeescripts/models/grade_summary/Group.coffee
index f04f398313e..7d832090051 100644
--- a/app/coffeescripts/models/grade_summary/Group.coffee
+++ b/app/coffeescripts/models/grade_summary/Group.coffee
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ define [
 ], (_, {Model, Collection}, natcompare) ->
   class Group extends Model
     initialize: ->
-      @set('outcomes', new Collection([], comparator: natcompare.byGet('title')))
+      @set('outcomes', new Collection([], comparator: natcompare.byGet('friendly_name')))
 
     count: -> @get('outcomes').length
 
diff --git a/app/coffeescripts/models/grade_summary/Outcome.coffee b/app/coffeescripts/models/grade_summary/Outcome.coffee
index 39983de853b..5cea6f72555 100644
--- a/app/coffeescripts/models/grade_summary/Outcome.coffee
+++ b/app/coffeescripts/models/grade_summary/Outcome.coffee
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ define [
   'Backbone'
 ], (_, {Model, Collection}) ->
   class Outcome extends Model
+    initialize: ->
+      super
+      @set 'friendly_name', @get('display_name') || @get('title')
+      @set 'hover_name', (@get('title') if @get('display_name'))
+
     status: ->
       if @scoreDefined()
         score = @get('score')
diff --git a/app/controllers/outcome_groups_api_controller.rb b/app/controllers/outcome_groups_api_controller.rb
index 5f69bce2333..6e764f2c7bd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/outcome_groups_api_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/outcome_groups_api_controller.rb
@@ -384,6 +384,10 @@ class OutcomeGroupsApiController < ApplicationController
   # @argument title [Optional, String]
   #   The title of the new outcome. Required if outcome_id is absent.
   #
+  # @argument display_name [Optional, String]
+  #   A friendly name shown in reports for outcomes with cryptic titles,
+  #   such as common core standards names.
+  #
   # @argument description [Optional, String]
   #   The description of the new outcome.
   #
@@ -412,6 +416,7 @@ class OutcomeGroupsApiController < ApplicationController
   #   curl 'https://<canvas>/api/v1/accounts/1/outcome_groups/1/outcomes.json' \
   #        -X POST \ 
   #        -F 'title=Outcome Title' \ 
+  #        -F 'display_name=Title for reporting' \
   #        -F 'description=Outcome description' \
   #        -F 'vendor_guid=customid9000' \
   #        -F 'mastery_points=3' \ 
@@ -429,6 +434,7 @@ class OutcomeGroupsApiController < ApplicationController
   #        -X POST \ 
   #        --data-binary '{
   #              "title": "Outcome Title",
+  #              "display_name": "Title for reporting",
   #              "description": "Outcome description",
   #              "vendor_guid": "customid9000",
   #              "mastery_points": 3,
@@ -451,7 +457,7 @@ class OutcomeGroupsApiController < ApplicationController
           return
         end
       else
-        @outcome = context_create_outcome(params.slice(:title, :description, :ratings, :mastery_points, :vendor_guid))
+        @outcome = context_create_outcome(params.slice(:title, :description, :ratings, :mastery_points, :vendor_guid, :display_name))
         unless @outcome.valid?
           render :json => @outcome.errors, :status => :bad_request
           return
@@ -666,7 +672,7 @@ class OutcomeGroupsApiController < ApplicationController
 
   def context_create_outcome(data)
     scope = @context ? @context.created_learning_outcomes : LearningOutcome.global
-    outcome = scope.build(data.slice(:title, :description, :vendor_guid))
+    outcome = scope.build(data.slice(:title, :display_name, :description, :vendor_guid))
     if data[:ratings]
       outcome.rubric_criterion = data.slice(:ratings, :mastery_points)
     end
diff --git a/app/controllers/outcomes_api_controller.rb b/app/controllers/outcomes_api_controller.rb
index f46a9d459f2..044bcae2933 100644
--- a/app/controllers/outcomes_api_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/outcomes_api_controller.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
 #           "example": "Outcome title",
 #           "type": "string"
 #         },
+#         "display_name": {
+#           "description": "Optional friendly name for reporting",
+#           "example": "My Favorite Outocome",
+#           "type": "string"
+#         },
 #         "description": {
 #           "description": "description of the outcome. omitted in the abbreviated form.",
 #           "example": "Outcome description",
@@ -118,6 +123,10 @@ class OutcomesApiController < ApplicationController
   # @argument title [Optional, String]
   #   The new outcome title.
   #
+  # @argument display_name [Optional, String]
+  #   A friendly name shown in reports for outcomes with cryptic titles,
+  #   such as common core standards names.
+  #
   # @argument description [Optional, String]
   #   The new outcome description.
   #
@@ -141,6 +150,7 @@ class OutcomesApiController < ApplicationController
   #   curl 'https://<canvas>/api/v1/outcomes/1.json' \
   #        -X PUT \ 
   #        -F 'title=Outcome Title' \ 
+  #        -F 'display_name=Title for reporting' \
   #        -F 'description=Outcome description' \
   #        -F 'vendor_guid=customid9001' \
   #        -F 'mastery_points=3' \ 
@@ -158,6 +168,7 @@ class OutcomesApiController < ApplicationController
   #        -X PUT \ 
   #        --data-binary '{
   #              "title": "Outcome Title",
+  #              "display_name": "Title for reporting",
   #              "description": "Outcome description",
   #              "vendor_guid": "customid9001",
   #              "mastery_points": 3,
@@ -172,7 +183,7 @@ class OutcomesApiController < ApplicationController
   #
   def update
     if authorized_action(@outcome, @current_user, :update)
-      @outcome.update_attributes(params.slice(:title, :description, :vendor_guid))
+      @outcome.update_attributes(params.slice(:title, :display_name, :description, :vendor_guid))
       if params[:mastery_points] || params[:ratings]
         criterion = @outcome.data && @outcome.data[:rubric_criterion]
         criterion ||= {}
diff --git a/app/models/learning_outcome.rb b/app/models/learning_outcome.rb
index cea8077d19c..0de71e7d265 100644
--- a/app/models/learning_outcome.rb
+++ b/app/models/learning_outcome.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 
 class LearningOutcome < ActiveRecord::Base
   include Workflow
-  attr_accessible :context, :description, :short_description, :title, :rubric_criterion, :vendor_guid
+  attr_accessible :context, :description, :short_description, :title, :display_name
+  attr_accessible :rubric_criterion, :vendor_guid
+
   belongs_to :context, :polymorphic => true
   validates_inclusion_of :context_type, :allow_nil => true, :in => ['Account', 'Course']
   has_many :learning_outcome_results
@@ -50,14 +52,14 @@ class LearningOutcome < ActiveRecord::Base
     given {|user, session| self.context_id.nil? && user }
     can :read
   end
-  
+
   def infer_defaults
     if self.data && self.data[:rubric_criterion]
       self.data[:rubric_criterion][:description] = self.short_description
     end
     self.context_code = "#{self.context_type.underscore}_#{self.context_id}" rescue nil
   end
-  
+
   def align(asset, context, opts={})
     tag = self.alignments.find_by_content_id_and_content_type_and_tag_type_and_context_id_and_context_type(asset.id, asset.class.to_s, 'learning_outcome', context.id, context.class.to_s)
     tag ||= self.alignments.create(:content => asset, :tag_type => 'learning_outcome', :context => context)
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ class LearningOutcome < ActiveRecord::Base
     tag.save
     tag
   end
-  
+
   def reorder_alignments(context, order)
     order_hash = {}
     order.each_with_index{|o, i| order_hash[o.to_i] = i; order_hash[o] = i }
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ class LearningOutcome < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.touch
     tags
   end
-  
+
   def remove_alignment(asset, context, opts={})
     tag = self.alignments.find_by_content_id_and_content_type_and_tag_type_and_context_id_and_context_type(asset.id, asset.class.to_s, 'learning_outcome', context.id, context.class.to_s)
     tag.destroy if tag
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ class LearningOutcome < ActiveRecord::Base
   def title=(new_title)
     self.short_description = new_title
   end
-  
+
   workflow do
     state :active
     state :retired
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ class LearningOutcome < ActiveRecord::Base
       self.context.short_name rescue ""
     end
   end
-  
+
   def rubric_criterion=(hash)
     self.data ||= {}
 
@@ -178,11 +180,11 @@ class LearningOutcome < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.workflow_state = 'deleted'
     save!
   end
-  
+
   def tie_to(context)
     @tied_context = context
   end
-  
+
   def artifacts_count_for_tied_context
     codes = [@tied_context.asset_string]
     if @tied_context.is_a?(Account)
diff --git a/app/stylesheets/grade_summary.sass b/app/stylesheets/grade_summary.sass
index 4dcf3705379..b21ac4a7a15 100644
--- a/app/stylesheets/grade_summary.sass
+++ b/app/stylesheets/grade_summary.sass
@@ -361,6 +361,9 @@ $outcome-border: 1px solid #BCC2CA
       color: #2a333b
       p
         margin: 0
+        white-space: nowrap
+        overflow: hidden
+        text-overflow: ellipsis
 
     .title
       font-weight: bold
@@ -445,3 +448,6 @@ $outcome-border: 1px solid #BCC2CA
         top: 13px
       .score
         font-size: 14px
+
+.ui-widget.ui-tooltip
+  max-width: 500px
diff --git a/app/stylesheets/learning_outcomes.sass b/app/stylesheets/learning_outcomes.sass
index 9df964e2e34..ef2af7b3d03 100644
--- a/app/stylesheets/learning_outcomes.sass
+++ b/app/stylesheets/learning_outcomes.sass
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
     height: 500px
     border-left: 1px solid $borderColor
     overflow: scroll
+    .learning_outcome
+      label.span3
+        margin-left: 0px
     .wrapper
       padding: 15px
       width: 600px
diff --git a/app/views/jst/grade_summary/outcome.handlebars b/app/views/jst/grade_summary/outcome.handlebars
index ed9c3ab7804..48445e508d4 100644
--- a/app/views/jst/grade_summary/outcome.handlebars
+++ b/app/views/jst/grade_summary/outcome.handlebars
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
   {{/if}}
 </div>
 <div class="outcome-properties">
-  <div class="title" data-tooltip title="{{description}}">{{title}}</div>
+  <div class="title" data-tooltip title="{{#if hover_name}}{{hover_name}}: {{/if}}{{description}}">
+    {{friendly_name}}
+  </div>
   <div class="description">{{{description}}}</div>
 </div>
 <div class="outcome-score outcome-bar-wrapper">
diff --git a/app/views/jst/grade_summary/outcome_detail.handlebars b/app/views/jst/grade_summary/outcome_detail.handlebars
index 239a4676759..0e5c19a92bb 100644
--- a/app/views/jst/grade_summary/outcome_detail.handlebars
+++ b/app/views/jst/grade_summary/outcome_detail.handlebars
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <div class="outcome-modal">
-  <div class="title">{{title}}</div>
+  <div class="title"{{#if hover_name}} data-tooltip title="{{hover_name}}"{{/if}}>
+    {{friendly_name}}
+  </div>
   <div class="outcome-bar-wrapper">
 	  <div class="score"><strong>{{#if scoreDefined}}{{score}}{{else}}-{{/if}}</strong>/{{mastery_points}}</div>
 	  {{view progress}}
diff --git a/app/views/jst/outcomes/outcomeForm.handlebars b/app/views/jst/outcomes/outcomeForm.handlebars
index 052ebc490e0..01c29ae4c02 100644
--- a/app/views/jst/outcomes/outcomeForm.handlebars
+++ b/app/views/jst/outcomes/outcomeForm.handlebars
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 <form action="{{url}}" class="learning_outcome" method="post">
-  <label for="title">{{#t "title"}}Name this outcome{{/t}}:</label>
-  <input class="outcome_title" name="title" id=title size="50" type="text" value="{{title}}">
+
+  <label class="span3" for="title">{{#t "title"}}Name this outcome{{/t}}:</label>
+  <input class="outcome_title span3" name="title" id=title size="50" type="text" value="{{title}}">
+
+  <label class="span3" for="display_name">{{#t "display_name"}}Friendly name (optional){{/t}}:</label>
+  <input class="outcome_display_name span3" name="display_name" id=display_name size="50" type="text" value="{{display_name}}">
+
+
   <label for="description">{{#t "description"}}Describe this outcome{{/t}}:</label>
   <textarea cols="40" name="description" id=description rows="20" style="width: 100%; height: 150px;">{{description}}</textarea>
   <div id="outcome_criterion_dialog" style="display: none;">
diff --git a/db/migrate/20140603193939_add_display_name_to_learning_outcomes.rb b/db/migrate/20140603193939_add_display_name_to_learning_outcomes.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d8bed0351c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20140603193939_add_display_name_to_learning_outcomes.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class AddDisplayNameToLearningOutcomes < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  tag :predeploy
+
+  def self.up
+    add_column :learning_outcomes, :display_name, :string
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_column :learning_outcomes, :display_name
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/api/v1/outcome.rb b/lib/api/v1/outcome.rb
index 51b6fa915fc..c08de05b562 100644
--- a/lib/api/v1/outcome.rb
+++ b/lib/api/v1/outcome.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ module Api::V1::Outcome
   # can_edit. full expands on that by adding description and criterion values
   # (if any).
   def outcome_json(outcome, user, session, style=:full)
-    api_json(outcome, user, session, :only => %w(id context_type context_id vendor_guid), :methods => [:title]).tap do |hash|
+    json_attributes = %w(id context_type context_id vendor_guid display_name)
+    api_json(outcome, user, session, :only => json_attributes, :methods => [:title]).tap do |hash|
       hash['url'] = api_v1_outcome_path :id => outcome.id
       hash['can_edit'] = outcome.context_id ?
         outcome.context.grants_right?(user, session, :manage_outcomes) :
diff --git a/spec/apis/v1/outcome_groups_api_spec.rb b/spec/apis/v1/outcome_groups_api_spec.rb
index 27f56299185..9620e1f481a 100644
--- a/spec/apis/v1/outcome_groups_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/apis/v1/outcome_groups_api_spec.rb
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ describe "Outcome Groups API", type: :request do
             "context_type" => "Account",
             "context_id" => @account.id,
             "title" => outcome.title,
+            "display_name" => nil,
             "url" => api_v1_outcome_path(:id => outcome.id),
             "can_edit" => true
           }
@@ -772,6 +773,7 @@ describe "Outcome Groups API", type: :request do
           "context_type" => nil,
           "context_id" => nil,
           "title" => @outcome.title,
+          "display_name" => nil,
           "url" => api_v1_outcome_path(:id => @outcome.id),
           "can_edit" => false
         }
@@ -815,6 +817,7 @@ describe "Outcome Groups API", type: :request do
                  :id => @group.id.to_s,
                  :format => 'json' },
                { :title => "My Outcome",
+                 :display_name => "Friendly Name",
                  :description => "Description of my outcome",
                  :mastery_points => 5,
                  :ratings => [
@@ -826,6 +829,7 @@ describe "Outcome Groups API", type: :request do
       LearningOutcome.active.count.should == 1
       @outcome = LearningOutcome.active.first
       @outcome.title.should == "My Outcome"
+      @outcome.display_name.should == "Friendly Name"
       @outcome.description.should == "Description of my outcome"
       @outcome.data[:rubric_criterion].should == {
         :description => 'My Outcome',
@@ -955,6 +959,7 @@ describe "Outcome Groups API", type: :request do
           "vendor_guid" => @outcome.vendor_guid,
           "context_type" => nil,
           "context_id" => nil,
+          "display_name" => nil,
           "title" => @outcome.title,
           "url" => api_v1_outcome_path(:id => @outcome.id),
           "can_edit" => false
diff --git a/spec/apis/v1/outcomes_api_spec.rb b/spec/apis/v1/outcomes_api_spec.rb
index 2d56d28e998..b29293348f4 100644
--- a/spec/apis/v1/outcomes_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/apis/v1/outcomes_api_spec.rb
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ describe "Outcomes API", type: :request do
         "context_id" => @account.id,
         "context_type" => "Account",
         "title" => @outcome.title,
+        "display_name" => nil,
         "url" => api_v1_outcome_path(:id => @outcome.id),
         "vendor_guid" => "vendorguid9000",
         "can_edit" => true,
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ describe "Outcomes API", type: :request do
         "context_id" => @account.id,
         "context_type" => "Account",
         "title" => @outcome.title,
+        "display_name" => nil,
         "url" => api_v1_outcome_path(:id => @outcome.id),
         "vendor_guid" => "vendorguid9000",
         "can_edit" => true,
@@ -250,6 +252,7 @@ describe "Outcomes API", type: :request do
         "context_type" => "Account",
         "vendor_guid" => "vendorguid9000",
         "title" => "New Title",
+        "display_name" => nil,
         "url" => api_v1_outcome_path(:id => @outcome.id),
         "can_edit" => true,
         "description" => "New Description"
diff --git a/spec/lib/api/v1/outcome_spec.rb b/spec/lib/api/v1/outcome_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a586331bee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/api/v1/outcome_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Instructure, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Canvas.
+#
+# Canvas is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+# Canvas is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
+# details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along
+# with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../spec_helper.rb')
+
+class Subject
+  include Api::V1::Outcome
+
+  def api_v1_outcome_path(opts)
+    "/api/v1/outcome/#{opts.fetch(:id)}"
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Api::V1::Outcome" do
+  describe "#outcome_json" do
+    it "includes the display name from the outcome" do
+      outcome = LearningOutcome.new(display_name: "MyFavoriteOutcome")
+      subj = Subject.new
+      result = subj.outcome_json(outcome, nil, nil)
+      result['display_name'].should == "MyFavoriteOutcome"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/selenium/helpers/outcome_common.rb b/spec/selenium/helpers/outcome_common.rb
index 5a9dd844fb6..28f69e21f33 100644
--- a/spec/selenium/helpers/outcome_common.rb
+++ b/spec/selenium/helpers/outcome_common.rb
@@ -153,10 +153,8 @@ def should_create_a_learning_outcome_nested
   replace_content(f('.outcomes-content input[name=title]'), outcome_name)
 
   # submit
-  driver.execute_script("$('.submit_button').click()")
-  if !f('.submit_button').nil?
-    driver.execute_script("$('.submit_button').click()")
-  end
+  f('.submit_button').click
+  wait_for_ajaximations
   refresh_page
 
   #select group