Please find a way to change all the times to the appropriate time zone for each student

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Status: Archived Submitted by on ‎10-11-2021 01:03 PM

I am dyscalculic, so telling time is really hard. I am taking a distance course in another country and I need to see my time zone so that I do not stress so much about missing meetings or assignments due to inability to calculate the right day and time. Dyscalculia Awareness Month is October. We need more than awareness, we need support! 

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Stef_retired
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‎10-11-2021 01:19 PM
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‎10-11-2021 02:12 PM
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‎10-11-2021 02:31 PM

Thanks for sharing this idea, @AmandaTinnin . We've moved it forward as a request to have Canvas auto-detect the user's time zone.

In the meantime, we wanted to make sure that you know how to set your own time zone in user settings so that the times that assignments are due will always display in the local time zone that you've chosen:  How do I set a time zone in my user account as a s...

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‎04-13-2023 12:10 PM
Status changed to: Archived
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