diff --git a/enrol/externallib.php b/enrol/externallib.php
index 711a1e07b8d..f4a8366e2d4 100644
--- a/enrol/externallib.php
+++ b/enrol/externallib.php
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ class core_enrol_external extends external_api {
         // If any problems are found then exceptions are thrown with helpful error messages
         $params = self::validate_parameters(self::get_users_courses_parameters(), array('userid'=>$userid));
 
-        $courses = enrol_get_users_courses($params['userid'], true, 'id, shortname, fullname, idnumber, visible');
+        $courses = enrol_get_users_courses($params['userid'], true, 'id, shortname, fullname, idnumber, visible,
+                   summary, summaryformat, format, showgrades, lang, enablecompletion');
         $result = array();
 
         foreach ($courses as $course) {
@@ -320,7 +321,14 @@ class core_enrol_external extends external_api {
             $enrolledsql = "SELECT COUNT('x') FROM ($enrolledsqlselect) enrolleduserids";
             $enrolledusercount = $DB->count_records_sql($enrolledsql, $enrolledparams);
 
-            $result[] = array('id'=>$course->id, 'shortname'=>$course->shortname, 'fullname'=>$course->fullname, 'idnumber'=>$course->idnumber,'visible'=>$course->visible, 'enrolledusercount'=>$enrolledusercount);
+            list($course->summary, $course->summaryformat) =
+                external_format_text($course->summary, $course->summaryformat, $context->id, 'course', 'summary', 0);
+
+            $result[] = array('id' => $course->id, 'shortname' => $course->shortname, 'fullname' => $course->fullname,
+                'idnumber' => $course->idnumber, 'visible' => $course->visible, 'enrolledusercount' => $enrolledusercount,
+                'summary' => $course->summary, 'summaryformat' => $course->summaryformat, 'format' => $course->format,
+                'showgrades' => $course->showgrades, 'lang' => $course->lang, 'enablecompletion' => $course->enablecompletion
+                );
         }
 
         return $result;
@@ -341,6 +349,13 @@ class core_enrol_external extends external_api {
                     'enrolledusercount' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Number of enrolled users in this course'),
                     'idnumber'  => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'id number of course'),
                     'visible'   => new external_value(PARAM_INT, '1 means visible, 0 means hidden course'),
+                    'summary'   => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'summary', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
+                    'summaryformat' => new external_format_value('summary', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
+                    'format'    => new external_value(PARAM_PLUGIN, 'course format: weeks, topics, social, site', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
+                    'showgrades' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'true if grades are shown, otherwise false', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
+                    'lang'      => new external_value(PARAM_LANG, 'forced course language', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
+                    'enablecompletion' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'Enabled, control via completion and activity settings.
+                                        Disabled, not shown in activity settings.', VALUE_OPTIONAL)
                 )
             )
         );