Index: lams_monitoring/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/monitoring/web/MonitoringAction.java
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diff -u -r67dfbf3258ae491f495d918b8c397819ffed018f -r14c54447b34867997a4b9c3de61b4feda3059434
--- lams_monitoring/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/monitoring/web/MonitoringAction.java	(.../MonitoringAction.java)	(revision 67dfbf3258ae491f495d918b8c397819ffed018f)
+++ lams_monitoring/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/monitoring/web/MonitoringAction.java	(.../MonitoringAction.java)	(revision 14c54447b34867997a4b9c3de61b4feda3059434)
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@
 		: new LearnerProgressNameComparator());
 
 	if (!StringUtils.isBlank(searchPhrase)) {
-	    searchPhrase = searchPhrase.toLowerCase();
+	    searchPhrase = searchPhrase.trim().toLowerCase();
 
 	    // get only users whose names match the given phrase
 	    List<LearnerProgress> searchResult = new ArrayList<LearnerProgress>();
@@ -1733,6 +1733,9 @@
 	}
 
 	if (url != null) {
+	    if (url.startsWith("learner.do")) {
+		url = "learning/" + url;
+	    }
 	    String serverUrl = Configuration.get(ConfigurationKeys.SERVER_URL);
 	    if (!url.startsWith(serverUrl)) {
 		// monitor mode URLs should be prepended with serve URL