I submitted the correct essay in an exam, but I did not remove my draft outline at the beginning of the essay. Is it going be a problem? I was taking a language exam that asked us to finish writing an essay. Because of COVID, the exam went online and used Canvas as the platform. Neither scratch paper nor any other software was allowed so we had to use the textbox to draft the outline. The textbox was tiny. Therefore, I had to scroll the sidebar and I could not see what I wrote at the beginning while proofreading.
I finished the essay and submitted it. However, after submission, I realized I did not remove the draft outline at the beginning of my essay and submitted it as well.
The exam was super important for me and I am now literally freaked out. Is it going to be a huge problem? What should I do?
Probably not.
But there is really only one person that knows for sure: the professor in question. So, as Mark Meckes already mentioned in the comments, send them a message, explain that you forgot to remove the draft outline at the beginning of your essay and ask them to ignore that part, and to exclude it from the word count limit if applicable.
Be aware that you might not get a response if the professor is busy, which doesn't mean there is a problem.