diff --git a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/matching.php b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/matching.php
index b6ff03a8acd..394296253ff 100644
--- a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/matching.php
+++ b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/matching.php
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ class lesson_page_type_matching extends lesson_page {
         // get the user's exact responses for record keeping
         $hits = 0;
         $userresponse = array();
+        $result->studentanswerformat = FORMAT_HTML;
         foreach ($response as $id => $value) {
             if ($value == '') {
                 $result->noanswer = true;
diff --git a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/multichoice.php b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/multichoice.php
index af8eb696a89..9550d56240e 100644
--- a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/multichoice.php
+++ b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/multichoice.php
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class lesson_page_type_multichoice extends lesson_page {
             $wronganswerid = 0;
             // store student's answers for displaying on feedback page
             $result->studentanswer = '';
+            $result->studentanswerformat = FORMAT_HTML;
             foreach ($answers as $answer) {
                 foreach ($studentanswers as $answerid) {
                     if ($answerid == $answer->id) {