diff --git a/blocks/myoverview/templates/view-cards.mustache b/blocks/myoverview/templates/view-cards.mustache
index f74554a1cd5..216dec80241 100644
--- a/blocks/myoverview/templates/view-cards.mustache
+++ b/blocks/myoverview/templates/view-cards.mustache
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
                 "courseimage": "https://moodlesite/pluginfile/123/course/overviewfiles/123.jpg",
                 "fullname": "course 3",
                 "hasprogress": true,
-                "progress": 10
+                "progress": 10,
+                "visible": true
             }
         ]
     }
diff --git a/blocks/myoverview/templates/view-list.mustache b/blocks/myoverview/templates/view-list.mustache
index 0deb0b3b387..db6e8b29981 100644
--- a/blocks/myoverview/templates/view-list.mustache
+++ b/blocks/myoverview/templates/view-list.mustache
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
                 "courseimage": "https://moodlesite/pluginfile/123/course/overviewfiles/123.jpg",
                 "fullname": "course 3",
                 "hasprogress": true,
-                "progress": 10
+                "progress": 10,
+                "visible": true
             }
         ]
     }
@@ -41,21 +42,28 @@
         data-course-id="{{{id}}}">
         <div class="row-fluid">
             <div class="{{#hasprogress}}col-md-6 span6{{/hasprogress}}{{^hasprogress}}col-md-11 span11{{/hasprogress}} d-flex align-items-center">
-                <a href="{{viewurl}}" class="coursename">
-                    {{#showshortname}}
+                <div>
+                    <a href="{{viewurl}}" class="coursename">
+                        {{#showshortname}}
+                            <span class="sr-only">
+                                {{#str}}aria:courseshortname, core_course{{/str}}
+                            </span>
+                            <div class="text-muted muted">
+                                {{{shortname}}}
+                            </div>
+                        {{/showshortname}}
+                        {{> core_course/favouriteicon }}
                         <span class="sr-only">
-                            {{#str}}aria:courseshortname, core_course{{/str}}
+                            {{#str}}aria:coursename, core_course{{/str}}
                         </span>
-                        <div class="text-muted muted">
-                            {{{shortname}}}
+                        {{{fullname}}}
+                    </a>
+                    {{^visible}}
+                        <div class="hiddenmessage">
+                            <span class="badge badge-info">{{#str}} hiddenfromstudents {{/str}}</span>
                         </div>
-                    {{/showshortname}}
-                    {{> core_course/favouriteicon }}
-                    <span class="sr-only">
-                        {{#str}}aria:coursename, core_course{{/str}}
-                    </span>
-                    {{{fullname}}}
-                </a>
+                    {{/visible}}
+                </div>
             </div>
             {{#hasprogress}}
             <div class="col-md-5 span5 pt-1">
diff --git a/blocks/myoverview/templates/view-summary.mustache b/blocks/myoverview/templates/view-summary.mustache
index abc78c9c89c..4846017e218 100644
--- a/blocks/myoverview/templates/view-summary.mustache
+++ b/blocks/myoverview/templates/view-summary.mustache
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
                 "fullname": "course 3",
                 "summary": "This course is about assignments",
                 "hasprogress": true,
-                "progress": 10
+                "progress": 10,
+                "visible": true
             }
         ]
     }
@@ -48,21 +49,28 @@
 
             <div class="align-self-stretch d-flex flex-column w-100">
                 <div class="d-flex mb-1">
-                    <a href="{{viewurl}}" class="coursename">
-                        {{#showshortname}}
+                    <div>
+                        <a href="{{viewurl}}" class="coursename">
+                            {{#showshortname}}
+                                <span class="sr-only">
+                                    {{#str}}aria:courseshortname, core_course{{/str}}
+                                </span>
+                                <div class="text-muted muted mb-1">
+                                    {{{shortname}}}
+                                </div>
+                            {{/showshortname}}
+                            {{> core_course/favouriteicon }}
                             <span class="sr-only">
-                                {{#str}}aria:courseshortname, core_course{{/str}}
+                                {{#str}}aria:coursename, core_course{{/str}}
                             </span>
-                            <div class="text-muted muted mb-1">
-                                {{{shortname}}}
+                            <h6 class="d-inline h5">{{{fullname}}}</h6>
+                        </a>
+                        {{^visible}}
+                            <div class="hiddenmessage">
+                                <span class="badge badge-info">{{#str}} hiddenfromstudents {{/str}}</span>
                             </div>
-                        {{/showshortname}}
-                        {{> core_course/favouriteicon }}
-                        <span class="sr-only">
-                            {{#str}}aria:coursename, core_course{{/str}}
-                        </span>
-                        <h6 class="d-inline h5">{{{fullname}}}</h6>
-                    </a>
+                        {{/visible}}
+                    </div>
                     {{> block_myoverview/course-action-menu }}
                 </div>
                 <div class="summary">
@@ -78,4 +86,4 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 {{/courses}}
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/course/classes/external/course_summary_exporter.php b/course/classes/external/course_summary_exporter.php
index bef5cad89c0..6481881bf4b 100644
--- a/course/classes/external/course_summary_exporter.php
+++ b/course/classes/external/course_summary_exporter.php
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ class course_summary_exporter extends \core\external\exporter {
             ),
             'enddate' => array(
                 'type' => PARAM_INT,
+            ),
+            'visible' => array(
+                'type' => PARAM_BOOL,
             )
         );
     }
diff --git a/course/lib.php b/course/lib.php
index cd74de3c046..d54fcf9374d 100644
--- a/course/lib.php
+++ b/course/lib.php
@@ -4577,7 +4577,7 @@ function course_get_recent_courses(int $userid = null, int $limit = 0, int $offs
     }
 
     $basefields = array('id', 'idnumber', 'summary', 'summaryformat', 'startdate', 'enddate', 'category',
-            'shortname', 'fullname', 'timeaccess', 'component');
+            'shortname', 'fullname', 'timeaccess', 'component', 'visible');
 
     $sort = trim($sort);
     if (empty($sort)) {
diff --git a/course/templates/coursecards.mustache b/course/templates/coursecards.mustache
index 00cb8923e08..54e583f0361 100644
--- a/course/templates/coursecards.mustache
+++ b/course/templates/coursecards.mustache
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
                 "courseimage": "https://moodlesite/pluginfile/123/course/overviewfiles/123.jpg",
                 "fullname": "course 3",
                 "hasprogress": true,
-                "progress": 10
+                "progress": 10,
+                "visible": true
             }
         ]
     }
@@ -63,6 +64,11 @@
                 </a>
                 {{$menu}}{{/menu}}
             </div>
+            {{^visible}}
+                <div class="hiddenmessage">
+                    <span class="badge badge-info">{{#str}} hiddenfromstudents {{/str}}</span>
+                </div>
+            {{/visible}}
         </div>
         {{$progress}}{{/progress}}
     </div>