diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee
index d08050a94d..2f6be73076 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ $(document).on('click', 'section.sa-wrapper input#save', ( ->
   assessment=$('section.sa-wrapper #assessment').find(':selected').text()
   post_url=$('section.sa-wrapper input#ajax_url').attr('url')
   final_url="#{post_url}/sa_save"
-  $.post final_url, assessment, (response) ->
+  hint=$('section.sa-wrapper textarea#hint').val()
+  $.post final_url, {'assessment':assessment, 'hint':hint}, (response) ->
     if response.success
       $('section.sa-wrapper p#save_message').append(response.message)
       $('section.sa-wrapper input#save').remove()
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py
index d274f593bb..1c131a5452 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ class SelfAssessmentModule(XModule):
                        '<section class="sa-wrapper"><select name="assessment" id="assessment">'
                        '<option value="incorrect">Incorrect</option><option value="correct">'
                        'Correct</option></select><br/>'
+                       'What hint about this problem would you give to someone?'
+                       '<textarea name="hint" id="hint" cols="50" rows="5"/><br/>'
                        '<input type="button" value="Save" id="save" name="save"/>'
                        '<p id="save_message"></p><input type="hidden" '
                        'id="ajax_url" name="ajax_url" url="{0}">'
@@ -225,6 +227,8 @@ class SelfAssessmentModule(XModule):
         '''
 
         #Extract correctness from ajax and assign points
+        log.debug(get.keys())
+        log.debug(get)
         self.correctness = get.keys()[0].lower()
         points = 0
         if self.correctness == "correct":