Create a marking guide Make sure that some of the grade descriptions, marker grade descriptions and frequently used comments have newline characters in them Save and edit the marking guide again Make sure the text area showing the editable text does not have any 'br' tags in it Make sure the non-editing display of the guides/comments displays the newlines (inspecting the HTML should show that 'br' tags have been inserted to make this work) Select the marking guide for an assignment Grade the assignment Make sure the grade descriptions and marker grade descriptions display with the newlines preserved Make sure the frequently used comments display with the newlines preserved and that clicking on one of them inserts it into the relevant box (but that the 'br' tags do not appear in the comment box) Log in as a student and make sure the grade descriptions appear with the newlines preserved.