diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/openendedinput.html b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/openendedinput.html
index 58cfec06a9..aff55d6740 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/openendedinput.html
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/openendedinput.html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       <a href="#">Respond to Feedback</a>
       </header>
     <section id="evaluation_${id}" class="evaluation">
-    How accurate do you think this grading is?
+    <p>How accurate do you think this feedback is?</p>
         <div class="evaluation-scoring">
             <ul class="scoring-list">
                 <li><input type="radio" name="evaluation-score" id="evaluation-score-5" value="5" /> <label for="evaluation-score-5"> Excellent</label></li>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
                 <li><input type="radio" name="evaluation-score" id="evaluation-score-1" value="1" /> <label for="evaluation-score-1"> Awful</label></li>
             </ul>
         </div>
-        Additional comments:
+        <p>Additional comments:</p>
         <textarea rows="${rows}" cols="${cols}" name="feedback_${id}" class="feedback-on-feedback" id="feedback_${id}"></textarea>
         <div class="submit-message-container">
             <input name="submit-message" class="submit-message" type="button" value="Submit your message"/>
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee
index 0364efe526..72294e8ff9 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee
@@ -205,9 +205,13 @@ class @Problem
     feedback = @$('section.evaluation textarea.feedback-on-feedback')[0].value
     submission_id = $('div.external-grader-message div.submission_id')[0].innerHTML
     grader_id = $('div.external-grader-message div.grader_id')[0].innerHTML
+    score = $(".evaluation-scoring input:radio[name='evaluation-score']:checked").val()
     fd.append('feedback', feedback)
     fd.append('submission_id', submission_id)
     fd.append('grader_id', grader_id)
+    if(score)
+      fd.append('score', score)
+
 
     settings =
       type: "POST"
@@ -216,7 +220,7 @@ class @Problem
       contentType: false
       success: (response) =>
         @gentle_alert response.message
-        @$('section.evaluation input.submit-message').hide()
+        @$('section.evaluation').slideToggle()
 
     $.ajaxWithPrefix("#{@url}/message_post", settings)