Login as admin and create several categories and courses in them Go to Site administration > Courses > Manage Courses and Categories Search for courses and make sure matching courses are displayed from all categories Create a course category Give another user rights to manage that category Add some courses to this category Login as the category manager user Navigate to the category Click Manage this category in the Administration block Search for a course in your category with a search string that matches courses in your category and other categories Confirm that you only get edit buttons and capabilities for the courses in your category