UI and error message text updates

apps/openassessment/xblock/resolve_dates.py

@@ -185,13 +185,13 @@ def resolve_dates(start, end, date_ranges):
         step_end = _parse_date(step_end) if step_end is not None else prev_end
 
         if step_start < prev_start:
-            msg = _(u"This step's start date '{start}' cannot be before the previous step's start date '{prev}'.").format(
+            msg = _(u"This step's start date '{start}' cannot be earlier than the previous step's start date '{prev}'.").format(
                 start=step_start, prev=prev_start
             )
             raise DateValidationError(msg)
 
         if step_end > prev_end:
-            msg = _(u"This step's due date '{due}' cannot be after the next step's due date '{prev}'.").format(
+            msg = _(u"This step's due date '{due}' cannot be later than the next step's due date '{prev}'.").format(
                 due=step_end, prev=prev_end
             )
             raise DateValidationError(msg)

apps/openassessment/xblock/static/js/spec/oa_server.js

@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ describe("OpenAssessment.Server", function() {
             receivedMsg = errMsg;
         });
 
-        expect(receivedMsg).toContain("The server could not be contacted");
+        expect(receivedMsg).toContain("This problem could not be saved");
 
     });
 

apps/openassessment/xblock/submission_mixin.py

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class SubmissionMixin(object):
                 status_tag = 'EBADFORM'
                 status_text = unicode(err.field_errors)
             except (api.SubmissionError, workflow_api.AssessmentWorkflowError):
-                logger.exception("An error occurred while submitting.")
+                logger.exception("This response was not submitted.")
                 status_tag = 'EUNKNOWN'
             else:
                 status = True

apps/openassessment/xblock/xml.py

@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ def update_from_xml(oa_block, root, validator=DEFAULT_VALIDATOR):
 
     # Check that the root has the correct tag
     if root.tag != 'openassessment':
-        raise UpdateFromXmlError(_('XML content must contain an "openassessment" root element.'))
+        raise UpdateFromXmlError(_('Every open assessment problem must contain an "openassessment" element.'))
 
     # Retrieve the start date for the submission
     # Set it to None by default; we will update it to the latest start date later on
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ def update_from_xml(oa_block, root, validator=DEFAULT_VALIDATOR):
     if 'submission_start' in root.attrib:
         submission_start = _parse_date(unicode(root.attrib['submission_start']))
         if submission_start is None:
-            raise UpdateFromXmlError(_('Invalid date format for submission start date'))
+            raise UpdateFromXmlError(_('The format for the submission start date is invalid. Make sure the date is formatted as YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.'))
 
     # Retrieve the due date for the submission
     # Set it to None by default; we will update it to the earliest deadline later on