diff --git a/mod/h5pactivity/classes/external/get_h5pactivities_by_courses.php b/mod/h5pactivity/classes/external/get_h5pactivities_by_courses.php
index adf69ae8bc1..0b5353deb26 100644
--- a/mod/h5pactivity/classes/external/get_h5pactivities_by_courses.php
+++ b/mod/h5pactivity/classes/external/get_h5pactivities_by_courses.php
@@ -96,8 +96,16 @@ class get_h5pactivities_by_courses extends external_api {
             }
         }
 
+        $h5pglobalsettings = [
+            'enablesavestate' => get_config('mod_h5pactivity', 'enablesavestate'),
+        ];
+        if (!empty($h5pglobalsettings['enablesavestate'])) {
+            $h5pglobalsettings['savestatefreq'] = get_config('mod_h5pactivity', 'savestatefreq');
+        }
+
         $result = [
             'h5pactivities' => $returnedh5pactivities,
+            'h5pglobalsettings' => $h5pglobalsettings,
             'warnings' => $warnings
         ];
         return $result;
@@ -115,6 +123,14 @@ class get_h5pactivities_by_courses extends external_api {
                 'h5pactivities' => new external_multiple_structure(
                     h5pactivity_summary_exporter::get_read_structure()
                 ),
+                'h5pglobalsettings' => new external_single_structure(
+                    [
+                        'enablesavestate' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'Whether saving state is enabled.'),
+                        'savestatefreq' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'How often (in seconds) state is saved.', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
+                    ],
+                    'H5P global settings',
+                    VALUE_OPTIONAL,
+                ),
                 'warnings' => new external_warnings(),
             ]
         );
diff --git a/mod/h5pactivity/tests/external/get_h5pactivities_by_courses_test.php b/mod/h5pactivity/tests/external/get_h5pactivities_by_courses_test.php
index e8170526c52..90cb9fc9aed 100644
--- a/mod/h5pactivity/tests/external/get_h5pactivities_by_courses_test.php
+++ b/mod/h5pactivity/tests/external/get_h5pactivities_by_courses_test.php
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ class get_h5pactivities_by_courses_test extends externallib_advanced_testcase {
         $manual->enrol_user($maninstance1, $user->id, $studentrole->id);
         $manual->enrol_user($maninstance2, $user->id, $studentrole->id);
 
+        // Set admin settings.
+        set_config('enablesavestate', 1, 'mod_h5pactivity');
+        set_config('savestatefreq', 120, 'mod_h5pactivity');
+
         // Check the activities returned by the first course.
         $this->setUser($user);
         $courseids = [$course1->id];
@@ -114,6 +118,8 @@ class get_h5pactivities_by_courses_test extends externallib_advanced_testcase {
         $this->assert_activities($activities, $result);
         $this->assertNotContains('deployedfile', $result['h5pactivities'][0]);
         $this->assertNotContains('deployedfile', $result['h5pactivities'][1]);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $result['h5pglobalsettings']['enablesavestate']);
+        $this->assertEquals(120, $result['h5pglobalsettings']['savestatefreq']);
 
         // Call the external function without passing course id.
         // Expected result, all the courses, course1 and course2.
@@ -136,18 +142,25 @@ class get_h5pactivities_by_courses_test extends externallib_advanced_testcase {
         $this->assertEquals($deployedfile['timemodified'], $result['h5pactivities'][2]['deployedfile']['timemodified']);
         $this->assertEquals($deployedfile['mimetype'], $result['h5pactivities'][2]['deployedfile']['mimetype']);
         $this->assertEquals($deployedfile['fileurl'], $result['h5pactivities'][2]['deployedfile']['fileurl']);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $result['h5pglobalsettings']['enablesavestate']);
+        $this->assertEquals(120, $result['h5pglobalsettings']['savestatefreq']);
 
         // Unenrol user from second course.
         $manual->unenrol_user($maninstance2, $user->id);
         // Remove the last activity from the array.
         array_pop($activities);
 
+        // Disable save state.
+        set_config('enablesavestate', 0, 'mod_h5pactivity');
+
         // Call the external function without passing course id.
         $result = get_h5pactivities_by_courses::execute([]);
         $result = external_api::clean_returnvalue(get_h5pactivities_by_courses::execute_returns(), $result);
         $this->assertCount(0, $result['warnings']);
         $this->assertCount(2, $result['h5pactivities']);
         $this->assert_activities($activities, $result);
+        $this->assertEquals(0, $result['h5pglobalsettings']['enablesavestate']);
+        $this->assertNotContains('savestatefreq', $result['h5pglobalsettings']);
 
         // Call for the second course we unenrolled the user from, expected warning.
         $result = get_h5pactivities_by_courses::execute([$course2->id]);
@@ -166,7 +179,7 @@ class get_h5pactivities_by_courses_test extends externallib_advanced_testcase {
      */
     protected function assert_activities(array $activities, array $result): void {
 
-        $total = count($result);
+        $total = count($result['h5pactivities']);
         for ($i = 0; $i < $total; $i++) {
             $this->assertEquals($activities[$i]->id, $result['h5pactivities'][$i]['id']);
             $this->assertEquals($activities[$i]->course, $result['h5pactivities'][$i]['course']);
diff --git a/mod/h5pactivity/upgrade.txt b/mod/h5pactivity/upgrade.txt
index 28a668624f7..ed81c384701 100644
--- a/mod/h5pactivity/upgrade.txt
+++ b/mod/h5pactivity/upgrade.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 This files describes API changes in /mod/h5pactivity/*,
 information provided here is intended especially for developers.
 
+=== 4.2 ===
+
+* The WebService mod_h5pactivity_get_h5pactivities_by_courses now returns a `h5pglobalsettings` property that includes the global settings for H5P activities.
+
 === 4.1 ===
 
 * The following methods now accept an optional `$currentgroup` parameter in order to better support groups: