diff --git a/src/core/course/components/format/format.ts b/src/core/course/components/format/format.ts
index 9bbb939b8..7b1072f51 100644
--- a/src/core/course/components/format/format.ts
+++ b/src/core/course/components/format/format.ts
@@ -325,13 +325,14 @@ export class CoreCourseFormatComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
      *
      * @param {any} [refresher] Refresher.
      * @param {Function} [done] Function to call when done.
+     * @param {boolean} [afterCompletionChange] Whether the refresh is due to a completion change.
      * @return {Promise<any>} Promise resolved when done.
      */
-    doRefresh(refresher?: any, done?: () => void): Promise<any> {
+    doRefresh(refresher?: any, done?: () => void, afterCompletionChange?: boolean): Promise<any> {
         const promises = [];
 
         this.dynamicComponents.forEach((component) => {
-            promises.push(Promise.resolve(component.callComponentFunction('doRefresh', [refresher, done])));
+            promises.push(Promise.resolve(component.callComponentFunction('doRefresh', [refresher, done, afterCompletionChange])));
         });
 
         return Promise.all(promises);
diff --git a/src/core/course/formats/singleactivity/components/singleactivity.ts b/src/core/course/formats/singleactivity/components/singleactivity.ts
index d00223548..fb2a21924 100644
--- a/src/core/course/formats/singleactivity/components/singleactivity.ts
+++ b/src/core/course/formats/singleactivity/components/singleactivity.ts
@@ -66,9 +66,15 @@ export class CoreCourseFormatSingleActivityComponent implements OnChanges {
      *
      * @param {any} [refresher] Refresher.
      * @param {Function} [done] Function to call when done.
+     * @param {boolean} [afterCompletionChange] Whether the refresh is due to a completion change.
      * @return {Promise<any>} Promise resolved when done.
      */
-    doRefresh(refresher?: any, done?: () => void): Promise<any> {
+    doRefresh(refresher?: any, done?: () => void, afterCompletionChange?: boolean): Promise<any> {
+        if (afterCompletionChange) {
+            // Don't refresh the view after a completion change since completion isn't displayed.
+            return Promise.resolve();
+        }
+
         return Promise.resolve(this.dynamicComponent.callComponentFunction('doRefresh', [refresher, done]));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/core/course/pages/section/section.ts b/src/core/course/pages/section/section.ts
index ba066057f..59b92d6f6 100644
--- a/src/core/course/pages/section/section.ts
+++ b/src/core/course/pages/section/section.ts
@@ -307,7 +307,9 @@ export class CoreCourseSectionPage implements OnDestroy {
         this.dataLoaded = false;
         this.content.scrollToTop(); // Scroll top so the spinner is seen.
 
-        this.loadData().finally(() => {
+        this.loadData().then(() => {
+            return this.formatComponent.doRefresh(undefined, undefined, true);
+        }).finally(() => {
             this.dataLoaded = true;
 
             // Wait for new content height to be calculated and scroll without animation.
diff --git a/src/core/siteplugins/components/course-format/course-format.ts b/src/core/siteplugins/components/course-format/course-format.ts
index 93aaad071..9673a7a26 100644
--- a/src/core/siteplugins/components/course-format/course-format.ts
+++ b/src/core/siteplugins/components/course-format/course-format.ts
@@ -86,9 +86,10 @@ export class CoreSitePluginsCourseFormatComponent implements OnChanges {
      *
      * @param {any} [refresher] Refresher.
      * @param {Function} [done] Function to call when done.
+     * @param {boolean} [afterCompletionChange] Whether the refresh is due to a completion change.
      * @return {Promise<any>} Promise resolved when done.
      */
-    doRefresh(refresher?: any, done?: () => void): Promise<any> {
-        return Promise.resolve(this.content.refreshContent(false));
+    doRefresh(refresher?: any, done?: () => void, afterCompletionChange?: boolean): Promise<any> {
+        return Promise.resolve(this.content.refreshContent(afterCompletionChange));
     }
 }