Create 3 courses and enrol student1 to the first and second course Add a few glossaries to the first course One visible One hidden One hidden by availability restriction Add a glossary to the second course Add a glossary to the third course As student1 query the WS without passing a course: curl http://MOODLE/webservice/rest/server.php \ -d wsfunction=mod_glossary_get_glossaries_by_courses \ -d wstoken=TOKEN \ -d moodlewsrestformat=json \ -d moodlewssettingfilter=1 | python -m json.tool Make sure ALL the visible/accessible glossaries are returned (should be 2) Still as student1, query the WS only passing the course ID of the first course: curl http://MOODLE/webservice/rest/server.php \ -d wsfunction=mod_glossary_get_glossaries_by_courses \ -d wstoken=TOKEN \ -d moodlewsrestformat=json \ -d 'courseids[]=COURSEID' \ -d moodlewssettingfilter=1 | python -m json.tool Make sure only the first glossary from course 1 is returned Repeat those queries as admin, and confirm that: The first query returns ALL the glossaries The second query returns ALL 3 glossaries of course 1