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+@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