diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/combinedopenended/display.coffee b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/combinedopenended/display.coffee
index 5e2d2db86e..2cbba143a3 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/combinedopenended/display.coffee
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/combinedopenended/display.coffee
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ class @CombinedOpenEnded
 
     fd = new FormData()
     feedback = evaluation_scoring.find('textarea.feedback-on-feedback')[0].value
-    submission_id = external_grader_message.find('div.submission_id')[0].innerHTML
-    grader_id = external_grader_message.find('div.grader_id')[0].innerHTML
+    submission_id = external_grader_message.find('input.submission_id')[0].value
+    grader_id = external_grader_message.find('input.grader_id')[0].value
     score = evaluation_scoring.find("input:radio[name='evaluation-score']:checked").val()
 
     fd.append('feedback', feedback)
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_module.py
index f715c9d76a..5649cbbd2c 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_module.py
@@ -332,9 +332,7 @@ class OpenEndedModule(openendedchild.OpenEndedChild):
         def format_feedback_hidden(feedback_type , value):
             feedback_type,value=encode_values(feedback_type,value)
             feedback = """
-            <div class="{feedback_type}" style="display: none;">
-            {value}
-            </div>
+            <input class="{feedback_type}" type="hidden" value="{value}" />
             """.format(feedback_type=feedback_type, value=value)
             return feedback