diff --git a/cms/templates/js/group-configuration-details.underscore b/cms/templates/js/group-configuration-details.underscore
index 8310a2a657bff1134c273e76768b16ca67f20575..f3fd779718271f2ca06410b872e233ac06d67317 100644
--- a/cms/templates/js/group-configuration-details.underscore
+++ b/cms/templates/js/group-configuration-details.underscore
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
<% if(showGroups) { %>
<% allocation = Math.floor(100 / groups.length) %>
- <ol class="collection-items groups groups-<%= index %>">
+ <ol class="collection-items groups groups-<%- index %>">
<% groups.each(function(group, groupIndex) { %>
- <li class="item group group-<%= groupIndex %>">
+ <li class="item group group-<%- groupIndex %>">
<span class="name group-name"><%- group.get('name') %></span>
<span class="meta group-allocation"><%- allocation %>%</span>
</li>
diff --git a/cms/templates/js/maintenance/force-published-course-response.underscore b/cms/templates/js/maintenance/force-published-course-response.underscore
index d77059ca5311637fee2451c8ab01acc743b68910..7441413dd47caab510fa082317b632f632bec11c 100644
--- a/cms/templates/js/maintenance/force-published-course-response.underscore
+++ b/cms/templates/js/maintenance/force-published-course-response.underscore
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
<%- gettext('You have done a dry run of force publishing the course. Nothing has changed. Had you run it, the following course versions would have been change.') %>
</div>
<div class="main-output">
- <%= StringUtils.interpolate(
+ <%- StringUtils.interpolate(
gettext('The published branch version, {published}, was reset to the draft branch version, {draft}.'),
{
published: current_versions['published-branch'],
diff --git a/cms/templates/js/mock/mock-xmodule-editor.underscore b/cms/templates/js/mock/mock-xmodule-editor.underscore
index cb9a59c6f5b2e849fd2928da88214ebe0c57c283..d65921f3891ac8430bbe733414fcd0b2e79e49ab 100644
--- a/cms/templates/js/mock/mock-xmodule-editor.underscore
+++ b/cms/templates/js/mock/mock-xmodule-editor.underscore
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
<script id="metadata-string-entry" type="text/template">
<div class="wrapper-comp-setting">
- \t<label class="label setting-label" for="<%= uniqueId %>"><%= model.get('display_name') %></label>
- \t<input class="input setting-input" type="text" id="<%= uniqueId %>" value='<%= model.get("value") %>'/>
+ \t<label class="label setting-label" for="<%- uniqueId %>"><%- model.get('display_name') %></label>
+ \t<input class="input setting-input" type="text" id="<%- uniqueId %>" value='<%- model.get("value") %>'/>
\t<button class="action setting-clear inactive" type="button" name="setting-clear" value="Clear" data-tooltip="Clear">
<span class="icon fa fa-undo" aria-hidden="true"></span><span class="sr">"Clear Value"</span>
</button>
</div>
- <span class="tip setting-help"><%= model.get('help') %></span>
+ <span class="tip setting-help"><%- model.get('help') %></span>
</script>
diff --git a/cms/templates/js/publish-editor.underscore b/cms/templates/js/publish-editor.underscore
index 27c4ce290274681f75aa4407e129b5e762d6b36f..519564f72198b299d70372be9ac6d0bdb20c2023 100644
--- a/cms/templates/js/publish-editor.underscore
+++ b/cms/templates/js/publish-editor.underscore
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
<% _.each(xblockInfo.get('child_info').children, function(subsection) { %>
<% if (subsection.isPublishable()) { %>
<li class="outline-item outline-subsection">
- <h4 class="subsection-title item-title"><%= subsection.get('display_name') %></h4>
+ <h4 class="subsection-title item-title"><%- subsection.get('display_name') %></h4>
<div class="subsection-content">
<ol class="list-units">
<% _.each(subsection.get('child_info').children, function(unit) { %>
<% if (unit.isPublishable()) { %>
<li class="outline-item outline-unit">
- <span class="unit-title item-title"><%= unit.get('display_name') %></span>
+ <span class="unit-title item-title"><%- unit.get('display_name') %></span>
</li>
<% } %>
<% }); %>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
<% _.each(xblockInfo.get('child_info').children, function(unit) { %>
<% if (unit.isPublishable()) { %>
<li class="outline-item outline-unit">
- <span class="unit-title item-title"><%= unit.get('display_name') %></span>
+ <span class="unit-title item-title"><%- unit.get('display_name') %></span>
</li>
<% } %>
<% }); %>
diff --git a/cms/templates/js/unit-outline.underscore b/cms/templates/js/unit-outline.underscore
index b5e48f72fd32f32a61d78b70be937fa04ae071d3..8ea1ddf1098a0ecbe1515ac79333ff3c06771b23 100644
--- a/cms/templates/js/unit-outline.underscore
+++ b/cms/templates/js/unit-outline.underscore
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
<% if (parentInfo) { %>
- <li class="outline-item outline-<%= xblockType %> <%= visibilityClass %> <%= xblockInfo.get('id') === currentUnitId ? 'is-current' : '' %>"
- data-parent="<%= parentInfo.get('id') %>" data-locator="<%= xblockInfo.get('id') %>">
- <div class="<%= xblockType %>-header">
- <h3 class="<%= xblockType %>-header-details">
- <span class="<%= xblockType %>-title item-title">
- <a href="<%= xblockInfo.get('studio_url') %>"><%- xblockInfo.get('display_name') %></a>
+ <li class="outline-item outline-<%- xblockType %> <%- visibilityClass %> <%- xblockInfo.get('id') === currentUnitId ? 'is-current' : '' %>"
+ data-parent="<%- parentInfo.get('id') %>" data-locator="<%- xblockInfo.get('id') %>">
+ <div class="<%- xblockType %>-header">
+ <h3 class="<%- xblockType %>-header-details">
+ <span class="<%- xblockType %>-title item-title">
+ <a href="<%- xblockInfo.get('studio_url') %>"><%- xblockInfo.get('display_name') %></a>
</span>
</h3>
</div>
<% } %>
- <div class="<%= xblockType %>-content outline-content">
- <ol class="<%= typeListClass %>">
+ <div class="<%- xblockType %>-content outline-content">
+ <ol class="<%- typeListClass %>">
</ol>
<% if (childType) { %>
- <div class="add-<%= childType %> add-item">
- <a href="#" class="button button-new" data-category="<%= childCategory %>"
- data-parent="<%= xblockInfo.get('id') %>" data-default-name="<%= defaultNewChildName %>">
- <span class="icon fa fa-plus" aria-hidden="true"></span><%= addChildLabel %>
+ <div class="add-<%- childType %> add-item">
+ <a href="#" class="button button-new" data-category="<%- childCategory %>"
+ data-parent="<%- xblockInfo.get('id') %>" data-default-name="<%- defaultNewChildName %>">
+ <span class="icon fa fa-plus" aria-hidden="true"></span><%- addChildLabel %>
</a>
</div>
<% } %>
diff --git a/cms/templates/js/video/transcripts/file-upload.underscore b/cms/templates/js/video/transcripts/file-upload.underscore
index 925b846c01808387647f932329722e9fe9da4fd4..fea4f5eec9e7b21b78123ce1f29a5fec7d7107df 100644
--- a/cms/templates/js/video/transcripts/file-upload.underscore
+++ b/cms/templates/js/video/transcripts/file-upload.underscore
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
<form class="file-chooser" action="/transcripts/upload"
method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" class="file-input" name="transcript-file"
- accept="<%= _.map(ext, function(val){ return '.' + val; }).join(', ') %>">
- <input type="hidden" name="locator" value="<%= component_locator %>">
+ accept="<%- _.map(ext, function(val){ return '.' + val; }).join(', ') %>">
+ <input type="hidden" name="locator" value="<%- component_locator %>">
</form>
diff --git a/cms/templates/js/xblock-validation-messages.underscore b/cms/templates/js/xblock-validation-messages.underscore
index fc1cc142bd899011655a73ad682868145dd6e267..c3f0bcc023019e2de9ae64dbd989ce6bffb2da88 100644
--- a/cms/templates/js/xblock-validation-messages.underscore
+++ b/cms/templates/js/xblock-validation-messages.underscore
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ var summaryMessage = validation.get("summary");
var aggregateMessageType = summaryMessage.type;
var aggregateValidationClass = aggregateMessageType === "error"? "has-errors" : "has-warnings";
%>
- <div class="xblock-message validation <%= aggregateValidationClass %> <%= additionalClasses %>">
+ <div class="xblock-message validation <%- aggregateValidationClass %> <%- additionalClasses %>">
<p class="<%- aggregateMessageType %>"><span class="icon fa <%- getIcon(aggregateMessageType) %>" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<%- summaryMessage.text %>
<% if (summaryMessage.action_class) { %>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var aggregateValidationClass = aggregateMessageType === "error"? "has-errors" :
var messageType = message.type
var messageTypeDisplayName = getDisplayName(messageType)
%>
- <li class="xblock-message-item <%= messageType %>">
+ <li class="xblock-message-item <%- messageType %>">
<span class="message-text">
<% if (messageTypeDisplayName) { %>
<span class="sr"><%- messageTypeDisplayName %>:</span>