diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee
index 6a3c719bb3..1c0ace9e59 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ class @Problem
   show: =>
     if !@el.hasClass 'showed'
       Logger.log 'problem_show', problem: @id
-      alert(@url)
       $.postWithPrefix "#{@url}/problem_show", (response) =>
         answers = response.answers
         $.each answers, (key, value) =>
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee
index 592214734a..9c7f7faac4 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ $(document).on('click', 'section.sa-wrapper input#show', ( ->
   post_url=$('section.sa-wrapper input#show').attr('url')
   final_url="/courses/MITx/6.002x/2012_Fall/modx/#{post_url}/sa_show"
   answer=$('section.sa-wrapper input#answer').val()
+  alert(answer)
+  alert(final_url)
 
   $.post final_url, answer, (response) ->
     alert("posted")
@@ -15,20 +17,25 @@ $(document).on('click', 'section.sa-wrapper input#save', ( ->
   answer=$('section.sa-wrapper input#answer').val()
   alert(answer)
   assessment=0
-  assessment_correct=$('section.sa-wrapper input#assessment_correct').val()
+  assessment_correct=$('section.sa-wrapper input#assessment_correct').selected()
   alert(assessment_correct)
-  assessment_incorrect=$('section.sa-wrapper input#assessment_incorrect').val()
+  assessment_incorrect=$('section.sa-wrapper input#assessment_incorrect').selected()
   alert(assessment_incorrect)
 
   root = location.protocol + "//" + location.host
   post_url=$('section.sa-wrapper input#show').attr('url')
-  alert(post_url)
   final_url="/courses/MITx/6.002x/2012_Fall/modx/#{post_url}/sa_save"
-  alert(final_url)
+
+  $('section.sa-wrapper input#assessment option').each( ->
+    if (this.selected)
+      alert('this option is selected')
+    else
+      alert('this is not')
+  );
 
   $.post final_url, answer, (response) ->
   if response.success
-    $('p.rubric').replace(response.rubric)
+    $('section.sa_wrapper p#save_message').replace(response.message)
 
   alert("save")
 ));
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py
index 3508886918..d1d4c4205e 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ from xmodule.contentstore.content import XASSET_SRCREF_PREFIX, StaticContent
 
 log = logging.getLogger("mitx.courseware")
 
-rubric_form=('<section class="sa-wrapper"><input type="radio" name="assessment" id="assessment_correct" value="correct"/>Correct<br/>'
-            '<input type="radio" id="assessment_incorrect" name="assessment" value="incorrect">'
-            'Incorrect<br/><input type="button" value="Save" id="save" name="save"/></section>')
+rubric_form=('<section class="sa-wrapper"><input type="radio" name="assessment" id="assessment" value="correct"/>Correct<br/>'
+            '<input type="radio" id="assessment" name="assessment" value="incorrect">'
+            'Incorrect<br/><input type="button" value="Save" id="save" name="save"/><p id="save_message"></p></section><br/><br/>')
 
 def only_one(lst, default="", process=lambda x: x):
     """
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class SelfAssessmentModule(XModule):
                  instance_state=None, shared_state=None, **kwargs):
         XModule.__init__(self, system, location, definition, descriptor,
             instance_state, shared_state, **kwargs)
-        
+
         dom2=etree.fromstring("<selfassessment>" + self.definition['data'] + "</selfassessment>")
         self.rubric=''.join([etree.tostring(child) for child in only_one(dom2.xpath('rubric'))])
         self.problem=''.join([etree.tostring(child) for child in only_one(dom2.xpath('problem'))])
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class SelfAssessmentModule(XModule):
 
 
     def show_rubric(self,get):
-        return {'success': True, 'rubric':self.rubric}
+        return {'success': True, 'rubric' : self.rubric}
 
 
     def save_problem(self, get):
@@ -155,7 +155,29 @@ class SelfAssessmentModule(XModule):
 
         self.system.track_function('save_problem_succeed', event_info)
 
-        return {'success': True}
+        return {'success': True, 'message' : "Save Succcesful.  Thanks for participating!"}
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def make_dict_of_responses(get):
+        '''Make dictionary of student responses (aka "answers")
+        get is POST dictionary.
+        '''
+        answers = dict()
+        for key in get:
+            # e.g. input_resistor_1 ==> resistor_1
+            _, _, name = key.partition('_')
+
+            # This allows for answers which require more than one value for
+            # the same form input (e.g. checkbox inputs). The convention is that
+            # if the name ends with '[]' (which looks like an array), then the
+            # answer will be an array.
+            if not name.endswith('[]'):
+                answers[name] = get[key]
+            else:
+                name = name[:-2]
+                answers[name] = get.getlist(key)
+
+        return answers
 
 
 class SelfAssessmentDescriptor(XmlDescriptor, EditingDescriptor):