The default time zone on this site is West Africa Time (WAT).
Why the time zone matters
In your online course, there may be events that are time-based (such as live sessions) and activities that have deadlines (such as writing activities). For such events and activities, your Dashboard on this site and the time alerts on activity pages show times in WAT by default.
Changing the time zone
To see mentions of times in your local time zone, edit your profile and change the time zone in the Timezone field. We also suggest you add reminders in your calendar about upcoming events and deadlines. If you would like to compare WAT with your local time, use this link.
Why we use WAT
We use WAT as the default time zone because a large number of our course participants are based in West Africa.