diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
index ba39d7d545..60279d34c9 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
@@ -370,26 +370,3 @@ def progress(request, course_id, student_id=None):
 
     return render_to_response('courseware/progress.html', context)
 
-
-
-@cache_control(no_cache=True, no_store=True, must_revalidate=True)
-def answers_export(request, course_id):
-    """
-    Export the distribution of student answers to all problems as a csv file.
-
-    - only displayed to course staff
-    """
-    course = get_course_with_access(request.user, course_id, 'staff')
-
-    dist = grades.answer_distributions(request, course)
-
-    response = HttpResponse(mimetype='text/csv')
-    response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=%s' % "answer_distribution.csv"
-
-    writer = csv.writer(response)
-    for (url_name, display_name, answer_id), answers in dist.items():
-        # HEADER? 
-        for a in answers:
-            writer.writerow([url_name, display_name, answer_id, a, answers[a]])
-
-    return response
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views.py
index 92b2401216..0c36236021 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def instructor_dashboard(request, course_id):
     """Display the instructor dashboard for a course."""
     course = get_course_with_access(request.user, course_id, 'staff')
 
-    instructor_access = has_access(request.user, course, 'instructor')		# an instructor can manage staff lists
+    instructor_access = has_access(request.user, course, 'instructor')   # an instructor can manage staff lists
 
     msg = ''
     # msg += ('POST=%s' % dict(request.POST)).replace('<','&lt;')
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def instructor_dashboard(request, course_id):
             msg += "git pull on %s:<p>" % data_dir
             msg += "<pre>%s</pre></p>" % escape(os.popen(cmd).read())
             track.views.server_track(request, 'git pull %s' % data_dir, {}, page='idashboard')
-            
+
     if 'Reload course' in action:
         log.debug('reloading %s (%s)' % (course_id, course))
         try:
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ def instructor_dashboard(request, course_id):
         return return_csv('grades_%s_raw.csv' % course_id,
                           get_student_grade_summary_data(request, course, course_id, get_raw_scores=True))
 
+    elif 'Download CSV of answer distributions' in action:
+        track.views.server_track(request, 'dump-answer-dist-csv', {}, page='idashboard')
+        return return_csv('answer_dist_%s.csv' % course_id, get_answers_distribution(request, course_id))
+
     elif 'List course staff' in action:
         group = get_staff_group(course)
         msg += 'Staff group = %s' % group.name
@@ -290,7 +294,7 @@ def grade_summary(request, course_id):
 @ensure_csrf_cookie
 @cache_control(no_cache=True, no_store=True, must_revalidate=True)
 def enroll_students(request, course_id):
-    ''' Allows a staff member to enroll students in a course.
+    """Allows a staff member to enroll students in a course.
 
     This is a short-term hack for Berkeley courses launching fall
     2012. In the long term, we would like functionality like this, but
@@ -300,7 +304,7 @@ def enroll_students(request, course_id):
 
     It is poorly written and poorly tested, but it's designed to be
     stripped out.
-    '''
+    """
 
     course = get_course_with_access(request.user, course_id, 'staff')
     existing_students = [ce.user.email for ce in CourseEnrollment.objects.filter(course_id=course_id)]
@@ -328,6 +332,28 @@ def enroll_students(request, course_id):
                                                        'rejected_students': rejected_students,
                                                        'debug': new_students})
 
+
+def get_answers_distribution(request, course_id):
+    """
+    Get the distribution of answers for all graded problems in the course.
+
+    Return a dict with two keys:
+    'header': a header row
+    'data': a list of rows
+    """
+    course = get_course_with_access(request.user, course_id, 'staff')
+
+    dist = grades.answer_distributions(request, course)
+
+    d = {}
+    d['header'] = ['url_name', 'display name', 'answer id', 'answer', 'count']
+
+    d['data'] = [[url_name, display_name, answer_id, a, answers[a]]
+                 for (url_name, display_name, answer_id), answers in dist.items()
+                 for a in answers]
+    return d
+
+
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/courseware/instructor_dashboard.html b/lms/templates/courseware/instructor_dashboard.html
index 29397e5c41..930ec7ef88 100644
--- a/lms/templates/courseware/instructor_dashboard.html
+++ b/lms/templates/courseware/instructor_dashboard.html
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ table.stat_table td {
     <input type="submit" name="action" value="Dump all RAW grades for all students in this course">
     <input type="submit" name="action" value="Download CSV of all RAW grades">
 
+    <p>
+    <input type="submit" name="action" value="Download CSV of answer distributions">
+
 %if instructor_access:
     <hr width="40%" style="align:left">
     <p>
diff --git a/lms/urls.py b/lms/urls.py
index c58b44d2ba..21d434272e 100644
--- a/lms/urls.py
+++ b/lms/urls.py
@@ -161,9 +161,6 @@ if settings.COURSEWARE_ENABLED:
             'instructor.views.grade_summary', name='grade_summary'),
         url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/enroll_students$',
             'instructor.views.enroll_students', name='enroll_students'),
-        url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/answers_export$',
-            'courseware.views.answers_export', name='answers_export'),
-
     )
 
     # discussion forums live within courseware, so courseware must be enabled first
@@ -200,8 +197,8 @@ if settings.WIKI_ENABLED:
     )
 
 if settings.QUICKEDIT:
-	urlpatterns += (url(r'^quickedit/(?P<id>[^/]*)$', 'dogfood.views.quickedit'),)
-	urlpatterns += (url(r'^dogfood/(?P<id>[^/]*)$', 'dogfood.views.df_capa_problem'),)
+    urlpatterns += (url(r'^quickedit/(?P<id>[^/]*)$', 'dogfood.views.quickedit'),)
+    urlpatterns += (url(r'^dogfood/(?P<id>[^/]*)$', 'dogfood.views.df_capa_problem'),)
 
 if settings.ASKBOT_ENABLED:
     urlpatterns += (url(r'^%s' % settings.ASKBOT_URL, include('askbot.urls')), \