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+@core @core_course
+Feature: Allow teachers to edit the visibility of activity dates in a course
+  In order to show students the activity dates in a course
+  As a teacher
+  I need to be able to edit activity dates settings
+
+  Background:
+    Given the following "users" exist:
+      | username | firstname | lastname | email |
+      | teacher1 | Teacher | 1 | teacher1@example.com |
+    And the following "courses" exist:
+      | fullname | shortname | category |
+      | Course 1 | C1 | 0 |
+    And the following "course enrolments" exist:
+      | user     | course | role           |
+      | teacher1 | C1     | editingteacher |
+    And the following "activities" exist:
+      | activity | course | idnumber | name          | intro                   | timeopen      | timeclose     |
+      | choice   | C1     | choice1  | Test choice 1 | Test choice description | ##yesterday## | ##tomorrow##  |
+
+  Scenario: Activity dates setting can be enabled to display activity dates in a course
+    Given I log in as "teacher1"
+    And I am on "Course 1" course homepage with editing mode on
+    And I navigate to "Edit settings" in current page administration
+    When I set the following fields to these values:
+      | Show activity dates | Yes |
+    And I click on "Save and display" "button"
+    And I follow "Test choice"
+    Then I should see "Opened:" in the "[data-region=activity-information]" "css_element"
+    And I should see "Closes:" in the "[data-region=activity-information]" "css_element"
+    # TODO MDL-70821: Check activity dates display on course homepage.
+
+  Scenario: Activity dates setting can be disabled to hidden activity dates in a course
+    Given I log in as "teacher1"
+    And I am on "Course 1" course homepage with editing mode on
+    And I navigate to "Edit settings" in current page administration
+    When I set the following fields to these values:
+      | Show activity dates | No |
+    And I click on "Save and display" "button"
+    And I follow "Test choice"
+    # Activity dates are always shown in the module's view page.
+    Then I should see "Opened:"
+    And I should see "Closes:"
+    And I am on "Course 1" course homepage
+    And I should not see "Opened:"
+    And I should not see "Closes:"
+
+  Scenario: Default activity dates setting default value can changed to No
+    Given I log in as "admin"
+    And I navigate to "Courses > Course default settings" in site administration
+    When I set the following fields to these values:
+      | Show activity dates | No |
+    And I click on "Save changes" "button"
+    And I navigate to "Courses > Add a new course" in site administration
+    Then the field "showactivitydates" matches value "No"
+
+  Scenario: Default activity dates setting default value can changed to Yes
+    Given I log in as "admin"
+    And I navigate to "Courses > Course default settings" in site administration
+    When I set the following fields to these values:
+      | Show activity dates | Yes |
+    And I click on "Save changes" "button"
+    And I navigate to "Courses > Add a new course" in site administration
+    Then the field "showactivitydates" matches value "Yes"