diff --git a/course/resources.php b/course/resources.php
index 6debe853d08..7a1c2e82c19 100644
--- a/course/resources.php
+++ b/course/resources.php
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ foreach ($modinfo->cms as $cm) {
 
 // preload instances
 foreach ($resources as $modname=>$instances) {
-    $resources[$modname] = $DB->get_records_list($modname, 'id', $instances, 'id', 'id,name,intro,introformat,timemodified');
+    $additionalfields = '';
+    if (plugin_supports('mod', $modname, FEATURE_MOD_INTRO)) {
+        $additionalfields = ',intro,introformat';
+    }
+    $resources[$modname] = $DB->get_records_list($modname, 'id', $instances, 'id', 'id,name'.$additionalfields);
 }
 
 if (!$cms) {
@@ -109,8 +113,8 @@ foreach ($cms as $cm) {
         continue;
     }
     $resource = $resources[$cm->modname][$cm->instance];
+    $printsection = '';
     if ($usesections) {
-        $printsection = '';
         if ($cm->sectionnum !== $currentsection) {
             if ($cm->sectionnum) {
                 $printsection = get_section_name($course, $cm->sectionnum);
@@ -120,8 +124,6 @@ foreach ($cms as $cm) {
             }
             $currentsection = $cm->sectionnum;
         }
-    } else {
-        $printsection = '<span class="smallinfo">'.userdate($resource->timemodified)."</span>";
     }
 
     $extra = empty($cm->extra) ? '' : $cm->extra;
@@ -131,11 +133,17 @@ foreach ($cms as $cm) {
         $icon = '<img src="'.$OUTPUT->pix_url('icon', $cm->modname).'" class="activityicon" alt="'.get_string('modulename', $cm->modname).'" /> ';
     }
 
+    if (isset($cm->intro) && isset($cm->introformat)) {
+        $intro = format_module_intro('resource', $resource, $cm->id);
+    } else {
+        $intro = '';
+    }
+
     $class = $cm->visible ? '' : 'class="dimmed"'; // hidden modules are dimmed
     $table->data[] = array (
         $printsection,
         "<a $class $extra href=\"$CFG->wwwroot/mod/$cm->modname/view.php?id=$cm->id\">".$icon.format_string($resource->name)."</a>",
-        format_module_intro('resource', $resource, $cm->id));
+        $intro);
 }
 
 echo html_writer::table($table);