diff --git a/src/core/course/components/format/core-course-format.html b/src/core/course/components/format/core-course-format.html
index 02be4858e..028dc2785 100644
--- a/src/core/course/components/format/core-course-format.html
+++ b/src/core/course/components/format/core-course-format.html
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
         </ion-item>
 
         <ng-container *ngFor="let module of section.modules">
-            <core-course-module *ngIf="module.visibleoncoursepage !== 0" [module]="module" [courseId]="course.id" [downloadEnabled]="downloadEnabled" [section]="section" (completionChanged)="onCompletionChange($event)"></core-course-module>
+            <core-course-module *ngIf="module.visibleoncoursepage !== 0" [module]="module" [courseId]="course.id" [downloadEnabled]="downloadEnabled" [section]="section"
+                    (completionChanged)="onCompletionChange($event)" (statusChanged)="onModuleStatusChange($event)"></core-course-module>
         </ng-container>
     </section>
 </ng-template>
diff --git a/src/core/course/components/format/format.ts b/src/core/course/components/format/format.ts
index cf2744238..b515cf7ac 100644
--- a/src/core/course/components/format/format.ts
+++ b/src/core/course/components/format/format.ts
@@ -488,9 +488,9 @@ export class CoreCourseFormatComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
         if (this.downloadEnabled) {
             // The download status of a section might have been changed from within a module page.
             if (this.selectedSection && this.selectedSection.id !== CoreCourseProvider.ALL_SECTIONS_ID) {
-                this.courseHelper.calculateSectionStatus(this.selectedSection, this.course.id);
+                this.courseHelper.calculateSectionStatus(this.selectedSection, this.course.id, false, false);
             } else {
-                this.courseHelper.calculateSectionsStatus(this.sections, this.course.id);
+                this.courseHelper.calculateSectionsStatus(this.sections, this.course.id, false, false);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -538,4 +538,13 @@ export class CoreCourseFormatComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
         // Emit a new event for other components.
         this.completionChanged.emit(completionData);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Recalculate the download status of each section, in response to a module being downloaded.
+     *
+     * @param {any} eventData
+     */
+    onModuleStatusChange(eventData: any): void {
+        this.courseHelper.calculateSectionsStatus(this.sections, this.course.id, false, false);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/course/components/module/module.ts b/src/core/course/components/module/module.ts
index 2cde98503..3bdb1a898 100644
--- a/src/core/course/components/module/module.ts
+++ b/src/core/course/components/module/module.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export class CoreCourseModuleComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         }
     }
     @Output() completionChanged?: EventEmitter<any>; // Will emit an event when the module completion changes.
+    @Output() statusChanged?: EventEmitter<any>; // Will emit an event when the download status changes.
 
     downloadStatus: string;
     canCheckUpdates: boolean;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ export class CoreCourseModuleComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
             protected eventsProvider: CoreEventsProvider, protected sitesProvider: CoreSitesProvider,
             protected courseProvider: CoreCourseProvider) {
         this.completionChanged = new EventEmitter();
+        this.statusChanged = new EventEmitter();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -149,7 +151,12 @@ export class CoreCourseModuleComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         this.prefetchHandler.getDownloadSize(this.module, this.courseId, true).then((size) => {
             return this.courseHelper.prefetchModule(this.prefetchHandler, this.module, size, this.courseId, refresh);
         }).then(() => {
-            this.courseHelper.calculateSectionStatus(this.section, this.courseId, false, false);
+            const eventData = {
+                sectionId: this.section.id,
+                moduleId: this.module.id,
+                courseId: this.courseId
+            };
+            this.statusChanged.emit(eventData);
         }).catch((error) => {
             // Error, hide spinner.
             this.spinner = false;