diff --git a/course/tests/behat/behat_course.php b/course/tests/behat/behat_course.php
index 51dae371df0..a95965a5251 100644
--- a/course/tests/behat/behat_course.php
+++ b/course/tests/behat/behat_course.php
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 require_once(__DIR__ . '/../../../lib/behat/behat_base.php');
 
 use Behat\Behat\Context\Step\Given as Given,
-    Behat\Gherkin\Node\TableNode as TableNode;
+    Behat\Gherkin\Node\TableNode as TableNode,
+    Behat\Mink\Exception\ExpectationException as ExpectationException,
+    Behat\Mink\Exception\ElementNotFoundException as ElementNotFoundException;
 
 /**
  * Course-related steps definitions.
@@ -114,4 +116,92 @@ class behat_course extends behat_base {
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Turns course section highlighting on.
+     *
+     * @Given /^I turn section "(?P<section_number>\d+)" highlighting on$/
+     * @param int $sectionnumber The section number
+     */
+    public function i_turn_section_highlighting_on($sectionnumber) {
+
+        // Ensures the section exists.
+        $xpath = $this->section_exists($sectionnumber);
+
+        return array(
+            new Given('I click on "' . get_string('markthistopic') . '" "link" in the "' . $xpath . '" "xpath_element"'),
+            new Given('I wait "2" seconds')
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Turns course section highlighting off.
+     *
+     * @Given /^I turn section "(?P<section_number>\d+)" highlighting off$/
+     * @param int $sectionnumber The section number
+     */
+    public function i_turn_section_highlighting_off($sectionnumber) {
+
+        // Ensures the section exists.
+        $xpath = $this->section_exists($sectionnumber);
+
+        return array(
+            new Given('I click on "' . get_string('markedthistopic') . '" "link" in the "' . $xpath . '" "xpath_element"'),
+            new Given('I wait "2" seconds')
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the specified course section hightlighting is turned on.
+     *
+     * @throws ElementNotFoundException
+     * @throws ExpectationException
+     * @Then /^section "(?P<section_number>\d+)" should be highlighted$/
+     * @param int $sectionnumber The section number
+     */
+    public function section_should_be_highlighted($sectionnumber) {
+
+        // Ensures the section exists.
+        $xpath = $this->section_exists($sectionnumber);
+
+        // The important checking, we can not check the img.
+        $xpath = $xpath . "/descendant::img[@alt='" . get_string('markedthistopic') . "'][contains(@src, 'marked')]";
+        $exception = new ExpectationException('The "' . $sectionnumber . '" section is not highlighted', $this->getSession());
+        $this->find('xpath', $xpath, $exception);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the specified course section highlighting is turned off.
+     *
+     * @Then /^section "(?P<section_number>\d+)" should not be highlighted$/
+     * @param int $sectionnumber The section number
+     */
+    public function section_should_not_be_highlighted($sectionnumber) {
+
+        // We only catch ExpectationException, ElementNotFoundException should be thrown if the specified section does not exist.
+        try {
+            $this->section_should_be_highlighted($sectionnumber);
+        } catch (ExpectationException $e) {
+            // ExpectedException means that it is not highlighted.
+            return;
+        }
+
+        throw new ExpectationException('The "' . $sectionnumber . '" section is highlighted', $this->getSession());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the course section exists.
+     *
+     * @throws ElementNotFoundException Thrown by behat_base::find
+     * @param int $sectionnumber
+     * @return string The xpath of the existing section.
+     */
+    protected function section_exists($sectionnumber) {
+
+        // Just to give more info in case it does not exist.
+        $xpath = "//li[@id='section-" . $sectionnumber . "']";
+        $exception = new ElementNotFoundException($this->getSession(), "Section $sectionnumber ");
+        $this->find('xpath', $xpath, $exception);
+
+        return $xpath;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/course/tests/behat/section_highlighting.feature b/course/tests/behat/section_highlighting.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfb5ab585ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/course/tests/behat/section_highlighting.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+@core_course @_cross_browser
+Feature: Topic's course sections highlighting
+  In order to highlight parts of the course to students
+  As a teacher
+  I need to highlight one specific section
+
+  @javascript
+  Scenario: Highlight a topic's course section
+    Given the following "users" exists:
+      | username | firstname | lastname | email |
+      | teacher1 | Teacher | 1 | teacher1@asd.com |
+      | student1 | Student | 1 | student1@asd.com |
+    And the following "courses" exists:
+      | fullname | shortname | format |
+      | Course 1 | C1 | topics |
+    And the following "course enrolments" exists:
+      | user | course | role |
+      | teacher1 | C1 | editingteacher |
+      | student1 | C1 | student |
+    And I log in as "teacher1"
+    And I follow "Course 1"
+    And I turn editing mode on
+    When I turn section "1" highlighting on
+    Then section "1" should be highlighted
+    And I turn section "2" highlighting on
+    And section "2" should be highlighted
+    And section "1" should not be highlighted
+    And I am on homepage
+    And I follow "Course 1"
+    And section "2" should be highlighted
+    And section "1" should not be highlighted
+    And I turn section "2" highlighting off
+    And section "2" should not be highlighted
+    And I reload the page
+    And section "2" should not be highlighted
+    And I am on homepage
+    And I follow "Course 1"
+    And section "2" should not be highlighted
+    And I log out
+    And I log in as "student1"
+    And I follow "Course 1"
+    And section "1" should not be highlighted
+    And section "2" should not be highlighted
diff --git a/lib/tests/behat/behat_general.php b/lib/tests/behat/behat_general.php
index 67d773e86c6..9f16a92e6e2 100644
--- a/lib/tests/behat/behat_general.php
+++ b/lib/tests/behat/behat_general.php
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ class behat_general extends behat_base {
         $this->getSession()->visit($this->locate_path('/'));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reloads the current page.
+     *
+     * @Given /^I reload the page$/
+     */
+    public function reload() {
+        $this->getSession()->reload();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Clicks link with specified id|title|alt|text.
      *