diff --git a/course/tests/courselib_test.php b/course/tests/courselib_test.php
index 3f8d5b897a1..56ad60f3058 100644
--- a/course/tests/courselib_test.php
+++ b/course/tests/courselib_test.php
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
 global $CFG;
-require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/course/lib.php');
-require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/course/tests/fixtures/course_capability_assignment.php');
+require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/course/lib.php');
+require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/course/tests/fixtures/course_capability_assignment.php');
+require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/enrol/imsenterprise/tests/imsenterprise_test.php');
 
 class core_course_courselib_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
 
@@ -1400,8 +1401,10 @@ class core_course_courselib_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         // Catch the events.
         $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
 
-        // Create the course.
-        $course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course();
+        // Create the course with an id number which is used later when generating a course via the imsenterprise plugin.
+        $data = new stdClass();
+        $data->idnumber = 'idnumber';
+        $course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course($data);
         // Get course from DB for comparison.
         $course = $DB->get_record('course', array('id' => $course->id));
 
@@ -1420,6 +1423,32 @@ class core_course_courselib_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         $this->assertEventLegacyData($course, $event);
         $expectedlog = array(SITEID, 'course', 'new', 'view.php?id=' . $course->id, $course->fullname . ' (ID ' . $course->id . ')');
         $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expectedlog, $event);
+
+        // Now we want to trigger creating a course via the imsenterprise.
+        // Delete the course we created earlier, as we want the imsenterprise plugin to create this.
+        // We do not want print out any of the text this function generates while doing this, which is why
+        // we are using ob_start() and ob_end_clean().
+        ob_start();
+        delete_course($course);
+        ob_end_clean();
+
+        // Create the XML file we want to use.
+        $imstestcase = new enrol_imsenterprise_testcase();
+        $imstestcase->imsplugin = enrol_get_plugin('imsenterprise');
+        $imstestcase->set_test_config();
+        $imstestcase->set_xml_file(false, array($course));
+
+        // Capture the event.
+        $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
+        $imstestcase->imsplugin->cron();
+        $events = $sink->get_events();
+        $sink->close();
+        $event = $events[0];
+
+        // Validate the event triggered is \core\event\course_created. There is no need to validate the other values
+        // as they have already been validated in the previous steps. Here we only want to make sure that when the
+        // imsenterprise plugin creates a course an event is triggered.
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\core\event\course_created', $event);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/enrol/imsenterprise/lib.php b/enrol/imsenterprise/lib.php
index 34a04429ce1..6db08519456 100644
--- a/enrol/imsenterprise/lib.php
+++ b/enrol/imsenterprise/lib.php
@@ -377,24 +377,11 @@ class enrol_imsenterprise_plugin extends enrol_plugin {
                         } else {
                             $course->category = $this->get_default_category_id();
                         }
-                        $course->timecreated = time();
                         $course->startdate = time();
                         // Choose a sort order that puts us at the start of the list!
                         $course->sortorder = 0;
-                        $courseid = $DB->insert_record('course', $course);
 
-                        // Setup default enrolment plugins.
-                        $course->id = $courseid;
-                        enrol_course_updated(true, $course, null);
-
-                        // Setup the blocks.
-                        $course = $DB->get_record('course', array('id' => $courseid));
-                        blocks_add_default_course_blocks($course);
-
-                        // Create default 0-section.
-                        course_create_sections_if_missing($course, 0);
-
-                        add_to_log(SITEID, "course", "new", "view.php?id=$course->id", "$course->fullname (ID $course->id)");
+                        $course = create_course($course);
 
                         $this->log_line("Created course $coursecode in Moodle (Moodle ID is $course->id)");
                     }
diff --git a/enrol/imsenterprise/tests/imsenterprise_test.php b/enrol/imsenterprise/tests/imsenterprise_test.php
index 390f276836a..a86006ee94f 100644
--- a/enrol/imsenterprise/tests/imsenterprise_test.php
+++ b/enrol/imsenterprise/tests/imsenterprise_test.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class enrol_imsenterprise_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
     /**
      * @var $imsplugin enrol_imsenterprise_plugin IMS plugin instance.
      */
-    protected $imsplugin;
+    public $imsplugin;
 
     /**
      * Setup required for all tests.
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class enrol_imsenterprise_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
     /**
      * Sets the plugin configuration for testing
      */
-    protected function set_test_config() {
+    public function set_test_config() {
         $this->imsplugin->set_config('mailadmins', false);
         $this->imsplugin->set_config('prev_path', '');
         $this->imsplugin->set_config('createnewusers', true);
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class enrol_imsenterprise_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
      * @param bool|array $users false or array of users StdClass
      * @param bool|array $courses false or of courses StdClass
      */
-    protected function set_xml_file($users = false, $courses = false) {
+    public function set_xml_file($users = false, $courses = false) {
 
         $xmlcontent = '<enterprise>';