diff --git a/utils/organiser.py b/utils/organiser.py
index 0c14741..1ee6edf 100644
--- a/utils/organiser.py
+++ b/utils/organiser.py
@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
 import os, shutil, re
 from collections import defaultdict
-
 from utils.extractor import extract_file_to_dir
 from utils.settings import BAD_DIR_NAME, MULTIPLE_DIR_NAME, BB_GRADEBOOKS_DIR, IGNORE_DIRS, TRACKED_FILE_EXT
 
 
-def parse_filename(filename: str):
+def _parse_filename(file_path: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
     """Extract STUDENTNUMBER and DATETIME from the filename."""
     pattern = r'^(.*?)_(\d+)_attempt_(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2})(?:_.*)?(?:\..+)?$'
-    match = re.match(pattern, filename)
+    match = re.match(pattern, file_path)
     if match:
         return match.group(2), match.group(3)  # STUDENTNUMBER, DATETIME
     return None, None
 
-def filter_latest_submissions(directory: str):
+def _filter_multiple_attempts(directory: str) -> None:
     """Keep only the latest attempt for each student and move older attempts to MULTIPLE_DIR_NAME."""
     submissions = defaultdict(list)
     
-    # ensure MULTIPLE_DIR_NAME folder exists
     multiple_folder = os.path.join(directory, MULTIPLE_DIR_NAME)
     os.makedirs(multiple_folder, exist_ok=True)
     
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ def filter_latest_submissions(directory: str):
     for filename in os.listdir(directory):
         filepath = os.path.join(directory, filename)
         if os.path.isfile(filepath):
-            student_number, timestamp = parse_filename(filename)
+            student_number, timestamp = _parse_filename(filename)
             if student_number and timestamp:
                 submissions[student_number].append((timestamp, filepath))
     
@@ -39,11 +37,11 @@ def filter_latest_submissions(directory: str):
             if timestamp != latest_timestamp:
                 shutil.move(filepath, os.path.join(multiple_folder, os.path.basename(filepath)))
 
-    print(f"Filtering complete. Older submissions moved to folder {MULTIPLE_DIR_NAME}")
+    print(f"\n[Info] Multiple submission attempts filtering completed.\nOlder submissions moved to folder: {MULTIPLE_DIR_NAME}")
 
-def validate_gradebook_dir_name(src_dir: str) -> None:
+def _validate_gradebook_dir_name(src_dir: str) -> None:
     if not os.path.isdir(src_dir):  # check if it exists and is a directory
-        print(f'\n[Error] Incorrect directory: {src_dir}\n[Info] Make sure the directory exists in "{BB_GRADEBOOKS_DIR}"')
+        print(f'\n[ERROR] Incorrect directory: {src_dir}\n[Info] Make sure the directory exists in "{BB_GRADEBOOKS_DIR}"')
         exit()
     if not os.listdir(src_dir):  # check if there are any files in the directory
         print(f'\n[Info] No files found in this gradebook - nothing to organise')
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ def validate_gradebook_dir_name(src_dir: str) -> None:
         print(f'\n[Info] Gradebook has only invalid compressed files in: {os.path.join(src_dir, BAD_DIR_NAME)}\n[Info] Nothing to organise')
         exit()
 
-def get_comment_from_submission_txt(file_path: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
+def _get_comment_from_submission_txt(file_path: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
     no_comment_regex = f'Comments:\nThere are no student comments for this assignment.'
     no_comment_pattern = re.compile(no_comment_regex)
 
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ def get_comment_from_submission_txt(file_path: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
                 return comment, name
     return None, None
 
-def get_comment_from_submission_txt_BB_ultra(file_path: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
+def _get_comment_from_submission_txt_BB_ultra(file_path: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
     with open(file_path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
         file_contents = f.read()
     
@@ -98,8 +96,7 @@ def get_comment_from_submission_txt_BB_ultra(file_path: str) -> tuple[str, str]
 
     return cleaned_text.strip(), name  # comment, name
 
-
-def get_gradebook_stats(src_dir: str) -> dict[str, int]:
+def _get_gradebook_stats(src_dir: str) -> dict[str, int]:
     all_files = [ os.path.join(src_dir, f) for f in os.listdir(src_dir) if BAD_DIR_NAME not in f and MULTIPLE_DIR_NAME not in f ]
     dirs = [ f for f in all_files if os.path.isdir(f) and BAD_DIR_NAME not in f and MULTIPLE_DIR_NAME not in f ]
     normal_files = [ f for f in all_files if os.path.isfile(f) ]
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@ def get_gradebook_stats(src_dir: str) -> dict[str, int]:
     print(msg, flush=True)
     return files_counter
 
-def organise_file_per_student(src_dir: str, dest_dir: str, file_name: str, student_no: str) -> None:
+def _organise_file_per_student(src_dir: str, dest_dir: str, file_name: str, student_no: str) -> None:
     student_dir = os.path.join(dest_dir, student_no)
     os.makedirs(student_dir, exist_ok=True)  # create student directory if it doesn't exist
     file_path = os.path.join(src_dir, file_name)
@@ -135,7 +132,7 @@ def organise_file_per_student(src_dir: str, dest_dir: str, file_name: str, stude
                 os.remove(file_path)  # delete compressed file after successful extraction
         else:
             if file_path_lowercase.endswith('.txt'):
-                comment, name = get_comment_from_submission_txt_BB_ultra(file_path)  # get student comment (if any), and name, from submission txt file
+                comment, name = _get_comment_from_submission_txt_BB_ultra(file_path)  # get student comment (if any), and name, from submission txt file
                 if comment and name:
                     comments_filename = f'{dest_dir}_comments.txt'
                     with open(comments_filename, 'a') as f:
@@ -153,11 +150,11 @@ def organise_gradebook(src_dir: str, dest_dir: str) -> None:
     2) organises all other files in gradebook into directories per student number
     3) checks if there are any comments in submission text files and extracts them into a file
     """
-    validate_gradebook_dir_name(src_dir)  # check if dir exists, and has files in it - exits if not
+    _validate_gradebook_dir_name(src_dir)  # check if dir exists, and has files in it - exits if not
     os.makedirs(dest_dir, exist_ok=True)  # create the destination directory if it doesn't exist
-    filter_latest_submissions(src_dir)
+    _filter_multiple_attempts(src_dir)
     print('\nGetting gradebook stats...', flush=True)
-    files_counter = get_gradebook_stats(src_dir)  # print stats about the files in gradebook and get files_counter dict to use later
+    files_counter = _get_gradebook_stats(src_dir)  # print stats about the files in gradebook and get files_counter dict to use later
     students_numbers: list[str] = []  # list to add and count unique student numbers from all files in gradebook 
     print('\nStart organising... (this may take a while depending on the number -and size- of submissions)\n', flush=True)
 
@@ -165,7 +162,7 @@ def organise_gradebook(src_dir: str, dest_dir: str) -> None:
         if BAD_DIR_NAME not in file_name and MULTIPLE_DIR_NAME not in file_name:  # ignore dirs BAD_DIR_NAME (created after first run if corrupt compressed files found) and MULTIPLE_DIR_NAME (dir with older attempts)
             student_no = file_name.split('_attempt_', 1)[0].split('_')[-1]  # get student number from file name !! pattern might need adjusting if file name format from blackboard changes !!
             students_numbers.append(student_no)
-            organise_file_per_student(src_dir, dest_dir, file_name, student_no)
+            _organise_file_per_student(src_dir, dest_dir, file_name, student_no)
     
     ignored_str = ', '.join(IGNORE_DIRS)
     print(f'[Info] Skipped extracting files in dirs with name that includes any of the following strings: {ignored_str}\n', flush=True)
@@ -177,7 +174,7 @@ def organise_gradebook(src_dir: str, dest_dir: str) -> None:
     else:
         print(f'[Info] Comments in file: {dest_dir}_comments.txt\n', flush=True)
     
-    print(f'[Note] Compressed files (.zip, .rar, .7z) are automatically deleted from the gradebook directory after successful extraction\n', flush=True)
+    print(f'[Info] Compressed files (.zip, .rar, .7z) are automatically deleted from the gradebook directory after successful extraction\n', flush=True)
     
 def check_submissions_dir_for_compressed(submissions_dir: str) -> None:
     """checks if any submitted compressed files contain more compressed files inside (they are not recursively extracted)
@@ -194,5 +191,5 @@ def check_submissions_dir_for_compressed(submissions_dir: str) -> None:
     if compressed_files:
         compressed_files_str = '\n'.join(compressed_files)
         print(f'\n[Warning] One or more compressed files found in the extracted and organised submission files ({len(compressed_files)} found in total)')
-        print('\nSee below the organised per student compressed files, and extract them manually if necessary:\n')
+        print('\n[Info] See below the list of compressed files, organised per student, and extract them manually if necessary:\n')
         print(compressed_files_str)