diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index a5670ec9..c322d324 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ New in 3.4.1.5
 - FIX: 'courselistteachericon' not showing.
 - NEW: Show / hide the participants menu with the 'participantsmenu' setting in the 'Header' settings.
 - NEW: Separate 'People' from 'This course' menu and create 'Participants' menu.
+- NEW: Course content search attribute and order.
 
 New in 3.4.1.4
 ==============
diff --git a/classes/core_course_renderer.php b/classes/core_course_renderer.php
index fedd60b5..0b20a532 100644
--- a/classes/core_course_renderer.php
+++ b/classes/core_course_renderer.php
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ public function inspector_ajax($term) {
 
         $data = array();
 
-        $courses = enrol_get_my_courses();
+        $courses = enrol_get_my_courses('timecreated');
         $site = get_site();
 
         if (array_key_exists($site->id, $courses)) {
@@ -324,6 +324,20 @@ public function inspector_ajax($term) {
 
         $sesskey = sesskey();
         $coursetally = 0;
+
+        // Presort.
+        $coursecontentsearchsortattribute = \theme_essential\toolbox::get_setting('coursecontentsearchsortattribute');
+        $coursecontentsearchsortorder = \theme_essential\toolbox::get_setting('coursecontentsearchsortorder');
+        if ((empty($coursecontentsearchsortattribute)) || (empty($coursecontentsearchsortorder))) {
+            $sortfunc = 'ccscmp_cid_asc';
+        } else if ((!empty($remotecourses)) && ($coursecontentsearchsortattribute == 'ccd')) {
+            // Remote courses do not have a course started date, timecreated, so use the startdate instead.
+            $sortfunc = 'ccscmp_csd_'.$coursecontentsearchsortorder;
+        } else {
+            $sortfunc = 'ccscmp_'.$coursecontentsearchsortattribute.'_'.$coursecontentsearchsortorder;
+        }
+        usort($courses, array($this, $sortfunc));
+
         foreach ($courses as $course) {
             if (!$courseitemsearchtype) {
                 $label = $course->fullname;
@@ -402,4 +416,47 @@ public function inspector_ajax($term) {
         $data[] = array('label' => $tallystr, 'value' => '');
         return $data;
     }
+
+    public static function ccscmp_csd_asc($courseone, $coursetwo) {
+        return ($courseone->startdate < $coursetwo->startdate) ? -1 : +1;
+    }
+
+    public static function ccscmp_csd_desc($courseone, $coursetwo) {
+        return self::ccscmp_csd_asc($coursetwo, $courseone);
+    }
+
+    public static function ccscmp_ced_asc($courseone, $coursetwo) {
+        // If a course has an empty end date then use the start date.
+        $courseonedate = (empty($courseone->enddate)) ? $courseone->startdate : $courseone->enddate;
+        $coursetwodate = (empty($coursetwo->enddate)) ? $coursetwo->startdate : $coursetwo->enddate;
+        return ($courseonedate < $coursetwodate) ? -1 : +1;
+    }
+
+    public static function ccscmp_ced_desc($courseone, $coursetwo) {
+        return self::ccscmp_ced_asc($coursetwo, $courseone);
+    }
+
+    public static function ccscmp_cfn_asc($courseone, $coursetwo) {
+        return strcmp($courseone->fullname, $coursetwo->fullname);
+    }
+
+    public static function ccscmp_cfn_desc($courseone, $coursetwo) {
+        return self::ccscmp_cfn_asc($coursetwo, $courseone);
+    }
+
+    public static function ccscmp_ccd_asc($courseone, $coursetwo) {
+        return ($courseone->timecreated < $coursetwo->timecreated) ? -1 : +1;
+    }
+
+    public static function ccscmp_ccd_desc($courseone, $coursetwo) {
+        return self::ccscmp_ccd_asc($coursetwo, $courseone);
+    }
+
+    public static function ccscmp_cid_asc($courseone, $coursetwo) {
+        return ($courseone->id < $coursetwo->id) ? -1 : +1;
+    }
+
+    public static function ccscmp_cid_desc($courseone, $coursetwo) {
+        return self::ccscmp_cid_asc($coursetwo, $courseone);
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lang/en/theme_essential.php b/lang/en/theme_essential.php
index 44d89c1d..f69d35db 100644
--- a/lang/en/theme_essential.php
+++ b/lang/en/theme_essential.php
@@ -307,6 +307,17 @@
 $string['coursecontentsearch'] = 'Course content search';
 $string['coursecontentsearchdesc'] = "Enable course content search on the 'Dashboard' page.  Only works when Essential is not in '\$CFG->themedir'.";
 
+$string['csd'] = 'Course start date';
+$string['ced'] = 'Course end date';
+$string['cfn'] = 'Course full name';
+$string['ccd'] = 'Course created date';
+$string['cid'] = 'Course ID';
+$string['coursecontentsearchsortattribute'] = 'Course content search sort attribute';
+$string['coursecontentsearchsortattributedesc'] = "Sort the search results by this attribute.";
+
+$string['coursecontentsearchsortorder'] = 'Course content search sort order';
+$string['coursecontentsearchsortorderdesc'] = "Sort the search results by ascending or descending.";
+
 $string['fitvids'] = 'Use FitVids';
 $string['fitvidsdesc'] = 'Enable FitVids (fitvidsjs.com) to make your embedded videos responsive.  If FitVids is on and you want a video to be excluded then add \'class="fitvidsignore"\' to the \'iframe\' tag in the HTML mode of the editor.  For example: \'iframe class="fitvidsignore" width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/enmEmym85xc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe\'.';
 
diff --git a/settings.php b/settings.php
index 66f87c62..c33582c3 100644
--- a/settings.php
+++ b/settings.php
@@ -218,6 +218,35 @@
     $setting = new admin_setting_configcheckbox($name, $title, $description, $default, true, false);
     $essentialsettingsfeature->add($setting);
 
+    // Course content search sort results by.
+    $ccssrchoices = array(
+        'csd' => get_string('csd', 'theme_essential'),
+        'ced' => get_string('ced', 'theme_essential'),
+        'cfn' => get_string('cfn', 'theme_essential'),
+        'ccd' => get_string('ccd', 'theme_essential'),
+        'cid' => get_string('cid', 'theme_essential')
+    );
+
+    $name = 'theme_essential/coursecontentsearchsortattribute';
+    $title = get_string('coursecontentsearchsortattribute', 'theme_essential');
+    $description = get_string('coursecontentsearchsortattributedesc', 'theme_essential');
+    $default = 'cid';
+    $setting = new essential_admin_setting_configselect($name, $title, $description, $default, $ccssrchoices);
+    $essentialsettingsfeature->add($setting);
+
+    // Course content search sort order.
+    $name = 'theme_essential/coursecontentsearchsortorder';
+    $title = get_string('coursecontentsearchsortorder', 'theme_essential');
+    $description = get_string('coursecontentsearchsortorderdesc', 'theme_essential');
+    $default = 'asc';
+    $setting = new essential_admin_setting_configselect($name, $title, $description, $default,
+        array(
+            'asc' => get_string('sortasc', 'grades'),
+            'desc' => get_string('sortdesc', 'grades')
+        )
+    );
+    $essentialsettingsfeature->add($setting);
+
     // Custom scrollbars.
     $name = 'theme_essential/customscrollbars';
     $title = get_string('customscrollbars', 'theme_essential');