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title: Submission Rules for Classic Assessments
description: This guide describes the submission rules for various types of assessment tasks within Cadmus
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# Submission Rules for Classic Assessments
## This guide describes the submission rules for Classic (long-form writing) assessment tasks within Cadmus
To understand how students can submit **in exams**, [please refer to this article](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/completing-exams?hsLang=en).
In this article, we’ll cover the submission rules for:
- [Standard Classic Cadmus assessments](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/submission-rules#Standard-Cadmus-Assessment)
- [Classic Cadmus assessments with Drafting](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/submission-rules#assessment-with-drafting)
- [Time-limited Classic Cadmus Assessment](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/submission-rules#time-limited-assessment)
- [Exams](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/submission-rules#exams)
### Standard Classic Cadmus Assessment
This is the most common assessment type in Cadmus. Students usually have multiple days or weeks to complete their work and must submit before the final due date.
| Submission timing | First submission | Resubmission |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Before the final due date** | Marked as submitted on time | Allowed |
| **After the final due date** | Marked as late | Not allowed *(unless Multiple Late Resubmission is turned on by the teaching staff)* |
### Classic Cadmus Assessment with Drafting
With Cadmus, **Drafting** can be enabled for an assessment to allow students to submit a draft before making their final submissions. [Read more about drafting](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/adding-drafting-to-an-assessment?hsLang=en).
Submitting **before** the **Draft** due date
| Submission type | First submission | Resubmission |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Draft** | Marked as submitted on time | Draft resubmissions allowed |
| **Final** | Marked as submitted on time | Final resubmissions allowed |
Submitting **after** the draft due date but **before** the final due date
| Submission type | First submission | Resubmission |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Draft** | Marked as late | Draft resubmissions not allowed |
| **Final** | Marked as submitted on time | Final resubmissions allowed |
Submitting **after** the final due date
| Submission type | First submission | Resubmission |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Draft** | Marked as late | Draft resubmissions not allowed |
| **Final** | Marked as late | Final resubmissions not allowed |
### Time-limited Classic Cadmus Assessment
With Cadmus, you can [set a time limit](https://support.cadmus.io/teachers/time-limited-assessment?hsLang=en) for students' completion time.
| Submission timing | First submission | Resubmission |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Before the final due date and within the time limit** | Marked as submitted on time | Allowed |
| **Before the final due date but after the time limit** | Marked as Overtime | Not allowed |
| **After the final due date but within the time limit** | Marked as Late | Not allowed |
| **After the final due date and after the time limit** | Marked as Late and Overtime | Not allowed |
Exams
With Cadmus Exams, a time limit can also be applied to control how long students have to complete the assessment.
| Submission timing | First submission | Resubmission |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Before the final due date and within the time limit** | Marked as submitted on time | Allowed |
**Tip**: Dates and times in the Teacher Environment are shown in the local timezone of the person viewing Cadmus. This means the same deadline may appear differently for teachers in different regions, while still referring to the same actual submission time.
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