diff --git a/course/rest.php b/course/rest.php
index 675f3671e96..d25b9fc9839 100644
--- a/course/rest.php
+++ b/course/rest.php
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ switch($requestmethod) {
                         $grademodule->modname = $cm->modname;
                         grade_update_mod_grades($grademodule);
 
+                        // Update calendar events with the new name.
+                        $refresheventsfunction = $cm->modname . '_refresh_events';
+                        if (function_exists($refresheventsfunction)) {
+                            call_user_func($refresheventsfunction, $cm->course);
+                        }
+
                         // We need to return strings after they've been through filters for multilang
                         $stringoptions = new stdClass;
                         $stringoptions->context = $coursecontext;
diff --git a/mod/workshop/lib.php b/mod/workshop/lib.php
index 6fb41e3e2e7..13d343485d1 100644
--- a/mod/workshop/lib.php
+++ b/mod/workshop/lib.php
@@ -263,6 +263,40 @@ function workshop_delete_instance($id) {
     return true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * This standard function will check all instances of this module
+ * and make sure there are up-to-date events created for each of them.
+ * If courseid = 0, then every workshop event in the site is checked, else
+ * only workshop events belonging to the course specified are checked.
+ *
+ * @param  integer $courseid The Course ID.
+ * @return bool Returns true if the calendar events were successfully updated.
+ */
+function workshop_refresh_events($courseid = 0) {
+    global $DB;
+
+    if ($courseid) {
+        // Make sure that the course id is numeric.
+        if (!is_numeric($courseid)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!$workshops = $DB->get_records('workshop', array('course' => $courseid))) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (!$workshops = $DB->get_records('workshop')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    foreach ($workshops as $workshop) {
+        if (!$cm = get_coursemodule_from_instance('workshop', $workshop->id, $courseid, false)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        workshop_calendar_update($workshop, $cm->id);
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 /**
  * List the actions that correspond to a view of this module.
  * This is used by the participation report.