diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/word_cloud/d3.layout.cloud.js b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/assets/word_cloud/public/js/d3.layout.cloud.js
similarity index 100%
rename from common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/word_cloud/d3.layout.cloud.js
rename to common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/assets/word_cloud/public/js/d3.layout.cloud.js
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/word_cloud/d3.min.js b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/assets/word_cloud/public/js/d3.min.js
similarity index 100%
rename from common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/word_cloud/d3.min.js
rename to common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/assets/word_cloud/public/js/d3.min.js
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/word_cloud/word_cloud.js b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/assets/word_cloud/public/js/word_cloud.js
similarity index 100%
rename from common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/word_cloud/word_cloud.js
rename to common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/assets/word_cloud/public/js/word_cloud.js
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/word_cloud/word_cloud_main.js b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/assets/word_cloud/public/js/word_cloud_main.js
similarity index 100%
rename from common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/word_cloud/word_cloud_main.js
rename to common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/assets/word_cloud/public/js/word_cloud_main.js
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/word_cloud_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/word_cloud_module.py
index b2fd468692..6e12843efb 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/word_cloud_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/word_cloud_module.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from xmodule.editing_module import MetadataOnlyEditingDescriptor
 from xmodule.x_module import XModule
 
 from xblock.fields import Scope, Dict, Boolean, List, Integer, String
+from xblock.fragment import Fragment
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -93,10 +94,6 @@ class WordCloudModule(WordCloudFields, XModule):
     js = {
         'js': [
             resource_string(__name__, 'js/src/javascript_loader.js'),
-            resource_string(__name__, 'js/src/word_cloud/d3.min.js'),
-            resource_string(__name__, 'js/src/word_cloud/d3.layout.cloud.js'),
-            resource_string(__name__, 'js/src/word_cloud/word_cloud.js'),
-            resource_string(__name__, 'js/src/word_cloud/word_cloud_main.js'),
         ],
     }
     css = {'scss': [resource_string(__name__, 'css/word_cloud/display.scss')]}
@@ -237,9 +234,13 @@ class WordCloudModule(WordCloudFields, XModule):
                 'error': 'Unknown Command!'
             })
 
-    def get_html(self):
-        """Template rendering."""
-        context = {
+    def student_view(self, context):
+        """
+        Renders the output that a student will see.
+        """
+        fragment = Fragment()
+
+        fragment.add_content(self.system.render_template('word_cloud.html', {
             'ajax_url': self.system.ajax_url,
             'display_name': self.display_name,
             'instructions': self.instructions,
@@ -247,13 +248,24 @@ class WordCloudModule(WordCloudFields, XModule):
             'element_id': self.location.html_id(),
             'num_inputs': self.num_inputs,
             'submitted': self.submitted,
-        }
-        self.content = self.system.render_template('word_cloud.html', context)
-        return self.content
+        }))
+
+        fragment.add_javascript_url(self.runtime.local_resource_url(self, 'public/js/d3.min.js'))
+        fragment.add_javascript_url(self.runtime.local_resource_url(self, 'public/js/d3.layout.cloud.js'))
+        fragment.add_javascript_url(self.runtime.local_resource_url(self, 'public/js/word_cloud.js'))
+        fragment.add_javascript_url(self.runtime.local_resource_url(self, 'public/js/word_cloud_main.js'))
+
+        return fragment
+
+    def author_view(self, context):
+        """
+        Renders the output that an author will see.
+        """
+        return self.student_view(context)
 
 
 class WordCloudDescriptor(WordCloudFields, MetadataOnlyEditingDescriptor, EmptyDataRawDescriptor):
     """Descriptor for WordCloud Xmodule."""
     module_class = WordCloudModule
-    resources_dir = None
+    resources_dir = 'assets/word_cloud'
     template_dir_name = 'word_cloud'
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_word_cloud.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_word_cloud.py
index 18add8df13..690a8d010c 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_word_cloud.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_word_cloud.py
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ class TestWordCloud(BaseTestXmodule):
     """Integration test for word cloud xmodule."""
     CATEGORY = "word_cloud"
 
+    def _get_resource_url(self, item):
+        """
+        Creates a resource URL for a given asset that is compatible with this old XModule testing stuff.
+        """
+        display_name = self.item_descriptor.display_name.replace(' ', '_')
+        return "resource/i4x://{}/{}/word_cloud/{}/{}".format(
+            self.course.id.org, self.course.id.course, display_name, item
+        )
+
     def _get_users_state(self):
         """Return current state for each user:
 
@@ -241,7 +250,9 @@ class TestWordCloud(BaseTestXmodule):
             )
 
     def test_word_cloud_constructor(self):
-        """Make sure that all parameters extracted correctly from xml"""
+        """
+        Make sure that all parameters extracted correctly from xml.
+        """
         fragment = self.runtime.render(self.item_descriptor, STUDENT_VIEW)
         expected_context = {
             'ajax_url': self.item_descriptor.xmodule_runtime.ajax_url,
@@ -250,6 +261,7 @@ class TestWordCloud(BaseTestXmodule):
             'element_class': self.item_descriptor.location.category,
             'element_id': self.item_descriptor.location.html_id(),
             'num_inputs': 5,  # default value
-            'submitted': False,  # default value
+            'submitted': False,  # default value,
         }
+
         self.assertEqual(fragment.content, self.runtime.render_template('word_cloud.html', expected_context))
diff --git a/lms/templates/word_cloud.html b/lms/templates/word_cloud.html
index 2b1f5d148f..8cbd49fcea 100644
--- a/lms/templates/word_cloud.html
+++ b/lms/templates/word_cloud.html
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     class="${element_class}"
     data-ajax-url="${ajax_url}"
 >
-
     % if display_name:
     <h3 class="hd hd-3" id="word_cloud_${element_id}_heading">${display_name}</h3>
     % endif