diff --git a/src/core/features/grades/tests/behat/navigation.feature b/src/core/features/grades/tests/behat/navigation.feature
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@@ -0,0 +1,296 @@
+@app @javascript
+Feature: Test grades navigation
+
+  Background:
+    Given the following "users" exist:
+      | username  | firstname | lastname |
+      | student1  | Student   | first    |
+      | student2  | Student   | second    |
+      | teacher1  | Teacher   | first   |
+    And the following "courses" exist:
+      | fullname | shortname |
+      | Course 2 | C2        |
+      | Course 1 | C1        |
+    And the following "course enrolments" exist:
+      | user     | course | role    |
+      | student1 | C1     | student |
+      | student1 | C2     | student |
+      | student2 | C2     | student |
+      | teacher1 | C2     | editingteacher |
+    And the following "grade categories" exist:
+      | fullname | course |
+      | GC C1    | C1     |
+      | GC C2.1  | C2     |
+      | GC C2.2  | C2     |
+    And the following "grade items" exist:
+      | gradecategory | itemname  | grademin | grademax | course |
+      | GC C1         | GI C1     | 20       | 40       | C1     |
+      | GC C2.1       | GI C2.1.1 | 60       | 80       | C2     |
+      | GC C2.1       | GI C2.1.2 | 10       | 90       | C2     |
+      | GC C2.2       | GI C2.2.1 | 0        | 100      | C2     |
+    And the following "grade grades" exist:
+      | gradeitem | user     | grade |
+      | GI C1     | student1 | 30    |
+      | GI C2.1.1 | student1 | 70    |
+      | GI C2.1.2 | student1 | 20    |
+      | GI C2.2.1 | student1 | 40    |
+
+  Scenario: Mobile navigation (student)
+    Given I entered the course "Course 2" as "student1" in the app
+
+    # Course grades
+    When I press "Grades" in the app
+    Then I should find "GC C2.1" in the app
+    And I should find "70" within "GI C2.1.1" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "20" within "GI C2.1.2" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "90" within "GC C2.1 total" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "GC C2.2" in the app
+    And I should find "40" within "GI C2.2.1" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "40" within "GC C2.2 total" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "130" within "Course total" "tr" in the app
+    But I should not find "GC C1" in the app
+    And I should not find "GI C1" in the app
+
+    # Course grades details
+    When I press "GI C2.1.1" in the app
+    Then I should find "Weight" in the app
+    And I should find "70.00" within "Grade" "ion-item" in the app
+    And I should find "60–80" within "Range" "ion-item" in the app
+    And I should find "50.00 %" within "Percentage" "ion-item" in the app
+    And I should find "Contribution to course total" in the app
+    And I should find "GI C2.1.2" in the app
+
+    When I press "GI C2.1.1" in the app
+    Then I should not find "Weight" in the app
+    And I should not find "Range" in the app
+    And I should not find "Percentage" in the app
+    And I should not find "Contribution to course total" in the app
+    But I should find "GI C2.1.1" in the app
+    And I should find "GI C2.1.2" in the app
+
+    When I press "Course total" in the app
+    Then I should find "130" within "Grade" "ion-item" in the app
+    And I should find "0–270" within "Range" "ion-item" in the app
+
+    When I press "Course total" in the app
+    Then I should not find "Weight" in the app
+    And I should not find "Percentage" in the app
+
+    # Cannot see grades from others
+    When I press "Participants" in the app
+    And I press "Student first" in the app
+    Then I should find "Blog entries" in the app
+    And I should find "Grades" in the app
+
+    When I press the back button in the app
+    And I press "Student second" in the app
+    Then I should find "Blog entries" in the app
+    But I should not find "Grades" in the app
+
+    # User grades
+    When I press the back button in the app
+    And I press the back button in the app
+    And I press the user menu button in the app
+    And I press "Grades" in the app
+    Then the header should be "Grades" in the app
+    And I should find "Course 1" in the app
+    And I should find "130" within "Course 2" "ion-item" in the app
+
+    # User grades course
+    When I press "Course 2" in the app
+    Then the header should be "Course 2" in the app
+    And I should find "GC C2.1" in the app
+    And I should find "70" within "GI C2.1.1" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "20" within "GI C2.1.2" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "90" within "GC C2.1 total" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "GC C2.2" in the app
+    And I should find "40" within "GI C2.2.1" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "40" within "GC C2.2 total" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "130" within "Course total" "tr" in the app
+    But I should not find "Course 1" in the app
+
+    # User grades course details
+    When I press "GI C2.1.1" in the app
+    Then I should find "Weight" in the app
+    And I should find "70.00" within "Grade" "ion-item" in the app
+    And I should find "60–80" within "Range" "ion-item" in the app
+    And I should find "50.00 %" within "Percentage" "ion-item" in the app
+    And I should find "Contribution to course total" in the app
+    And I should find "GI C2.1.2" in the app
+
+    When I press "GI C2.1.1" in the app
+    Then I should not find "Weight" in the app
+    And I should not find "Range" in the app
+    And I should not find "Percentage" in the app
+    And I should not find "Contribution to course total" in the app
+    But I should find "GI C2.1.1" in the app
+    And I should find "GI C2.1.2" in the app
+
+    When I press "Course total" in the app
+    Then I should find "130" within "Grade" "ion-item" in the app
+    And I should find "0–270" within "Range" "ion-item" in the app
+
+    When I press "Course total" in the app
+    Then I should not find "Weight" in the app
+    And I should not find "Percentage" in the app
+
+    # User grades course details — swipe
+    When I swipe to the left in the app
+    Then I should find "Course 2" in the app
+    But I should not find "Course 1" in the app
+
+    When I swipe to the right in the app
+    Then I should find "Course 1" in the app
+    But I should not find "Course 2" in the app
+
+    When I swipe to the right in the app
+    Then I should find "Course 1" in the app
+    But I should not find "Course 2" in the app
+
+    When I press the back button in the app
+    Then I should find "Course 1" in the app
+    And I should find "Course 2" in the app
+
+  Scenario: Mobile navigation (teacher)
+    Given I entered the course "Course 2" as "teacher1" in the app
+
+    # Course grades
+    When I press "Participants" in the app
+    And I press "Student first" in the app
+    And I press "Grades" in the app
+    Then I should find "GC C2.1" in the app
+    And I should find "70" within "GI C2.1.1" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "20" within "GI C2.1.2" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "90" within "GC C2.1 total" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "GC C2.2" in the app
+    And I should find "40" within "GI C2.2.1" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "40" within "GC C2.2 total" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "130" within "Course total" "tr" in the app
+    But I should not find "GC C1" in the app
+    And I should not find "GI C1" in the app
+
+    # Course grades details
+    When I press "GI C2.1.1" in the app
+    Then I should find "Weight" in the app
+    And I should find "70.00" within "Grade" "ion-item" in the app
+    And I should find "60–80" within "Range" "ion-item" in the app
+    And I should find "50.00 %" within "Percentage" "ion-item" in the app
+    And I should find "Contribution to course total" in the app
+    And I should find "GI C2.1.2" in the app
+
+    When I press "GI C2.1.1" in the app
+    Then I should not find "Weight" in the app
+    And I should not find "Range" in the app
+    And I should not find "Percentage" in the app
+    And I should not find "Contribution to course total" in the app
+    But I should find "GI C2.1.1" in the app
+    And I should find "GI C2.1.2" in the app
+
+    When I press "Course total" in the app
+    Then I should find "130" within "Grade" "ion-item" in the app
+    And I should find "0–270" within "Range" "ion-item" in the app
+
+    When I press "Course total" in the app
+    Then I should not find "Weight" in the app
+    And I should not find "Percentage" in the app
+
+  Scenario: Tablet navigation (student)
+    Given I entered the course "Course 2" as "student1" in the app
+    And I change viewport size to "1200x640"
+
+    # Course grades
+    When I press "Grades" in the app
+    Then I should find "GC C2.1" in the app
+    And I should find "Weight" in the app
+    And I should find "Contribution to course total" in the app
+    And I should find "70.00" within "GI C2.1.1" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "60–80" within "GI C2.1.1" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "50.00 %" within "GI C2.1.1" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "20" within "GI C2.1.2" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "90" within "GC C2.1 total" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "GC C2.2" in the app
+    And I should find "40" within "GI C2.2.1" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "40" within "GC C2.2 total" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "130" within "Course total" "tr" in the app
+
+    # Cannot see grades from others
+    When I press "Participants" in the app
+    And I press "Student first" in the app
+    Then "Student first" should be selected in the app
+    And I should find "Grades" inside the split-view content in the app
+
+    When I press "Student second" in the app
+    Then "Student second" should be selected in the app
+    But I should not find "Grades" inside the split-view content in the app
+
+    # User grades
+    When I press the user menu button in the app
+    And I press "Grades" within "Student first" "core-main-menu-user-menu" in the app
+    Then the header should be "Grades" in the app
+    And I should find "Course 1" in the app
+    And I should find "130" within "Course 2" "ion-item" in the app
+    And I should find "GC C1" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "30" within "GI C1" "tr" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "30" within "GC C1 total" "tr" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "30" within "Course total" "tr" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And "Course 1" should be selected in the app
+
+    # User grades — split view
+    When I press "Course 2" in the app
+    Then "Course 2" should be selected in the app
+    And I should find "GC C2.1" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "70" within "GI C2.1.1" "tr" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "20" within "GI C2.1.2" "tr" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "90" within "GC C2.1 total" "tr" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "GC C2.2" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "40" within "GI C2.2.1" "tr" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "40" within "GC C2.2 total" "tr" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "130" within "Course total" "tr" inside the split-view content in the app
+    But I should not find "GC C1" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should not find "GI C1" inside the split-view content in the app
+
+    # User grades details
+    When I press "GI C2.1.1" in the app
+    Then I should find "Weight" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "70.00" within "Grade" "ion-item" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "60–80" within "Range" "ion-item" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "50.00 %" within "Percentage" "ion-item" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "Contribution to course total" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "GI C2.1.2" inside the split-view content in the app
+
+    When I press "GI C2.1.1" in the app
+    Then I should not find "Weight" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should not find "Range" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should not find "Percentage" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should not find "Contribution to course total" inside the split-view content in the app
+    But I should find "GI C2.1.1" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "GI C2.1.2" inside the split-view content in the app
+
+    When I press "Course total" in the app
+    Then I should find "130" within "Grade" "ion-item" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should find "0–270" within "Range" "ion-item" inside the split-view content in the app
+
+    When I press "Course total" in the app
+    Then I should not find "Weight" inside the split-view content in the app
+    And I should not find "Percentage" inside the split-view content in the app
+
+  Scenario: Tablet navigation (teacher)
+    Given I entered the course "Course 2" as "teacher1" in the app
+    And I change viewport size to "1200x640"
+
+    # Course grades
+    When I press "Participants" in the app
+    And I press "Student first" in the app
+    And I press "Grades" in the app
+    Then I should find "GC C2.1" in the app
+    And I should find "Weight" in the app
+    And I should find "Contribution to course total" in the app
+    And I should find "70.00" within "GI C2.1.1" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "60–80" within "GI C2.1.1" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "50.00 %" within "GI C2.1.1" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "20" within "GI C2.1.2" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "90" within "GC C2.1 total" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "GC C2.2" in the app
+    And I should find "40" within "GI C2.2.1" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "40" within "GC C2.2 total" "tr" in the app
+    And I should find "130" within "Course total" "tr" in the app
diff --git a/src/core/features/mainmenu/components/user-menu-button/user-menu-button.html b/src/core/features/mainmenu/components/user-menu-button/user-menu-button.html
index b4eb942c5..1282c55ab 100644
--- a/src/core/features/mainmenu/components/user-menu-button/user-menu-button.html
+++ b/src/core/features/mainmenu/components/user-menu-button/user-menu-button.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<core-user-avatar *ngIf="isMainScreen && siteInfo" [user]="siteInfo" class="core-bar-button-image clickable" [linkProfile]="false"
-    (ariaButtonClick)="openUserMenu($event)" [userTour]="userTour" role="button" tabindex="0"
+<core-user-avatar *ngIf="(alwaysShow || isMainScreen) && siteInfo" [user]="siteInfo" class="core-bar-button-image clickable"
+    [linkProfile]="false" (ariaButtonClick)="openUserMenu($event)" [userTour]="userTour" role="button" tabindex="0"
     [attr.aria-label]="'core.user.useraccount' | translate">
 </core-user-avatar>
diff --git a/src/core/features/mainmenu/components/user-menu-button/user-menu-button.ts b/src/core/features/mainmenu/components/user-menu-button/user-menu-button.ts
index bece772fe..ec172ee32 100644
--- a/src/core/features/mainmenu/components/user-menu-button/user-menu-button.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/mainmenu/components/user-menu-button/user-menu-button.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { CoreSiteInfo } from '@classes/site';
 import { CoreUserTourDirectiveOptions } from '@directives/user-tour';
 import { CoreUserToursAlignment, CoreUserToursSide } from '@features/usertours/services/user-tours';
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { CoreMainMenuUserMenuComponent } from '../user-menu/user-menu';
 })
 export class CoreMainMenuUserButtonComponent implements OnInit {
 
+    @Input() alwaysShow = false;
     siteInfo?: CoreSiteInfo;
     isMainScreen = false;
     userTour: CoreUserTourDirectiveOptions = {
diff --git a/src/core/features/mainmenu/pages/menu/menu.html b/src/core/features/mainmenu/pages/menu/menu.html
index 6ad0b0289..6984fb599 100644
--- a/src/core/features/mainmenu/pages/menu/menu.html
+++ b/src/core/features/mainmenu/pages/menu/menu.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <ion-tab-bar slot="bottom" class="mainmenu-tabs" [@menuVisibilityAnimation]="visibility">
         <ion-spinner *ngIf="!loaded" [attr.aria-label]="'core.loading' | translate"></ion-spinner>
 
-        <core-user-menu-button *ngIf="loaded && tabsPlacement == 'side'"></core-user-menu-button>
+        <core-user-menu-button *ngIf="loaded && tabsPlacement == 'side'" [alwaysShow]="true"></core-user-menu-button>
 
         <ion-tab-button *ngFor="let tab of tabs" (keydown)="tabAction.keyDown($event)" (keyup)="tabAction.keyUp(tab.page, $event)"
             [hidden]="!loaded && tab.hide" [tab]="tab.page" [disabled]="tab.hide" layout="label-hide" class="{{tab.class}}"