Is there a bug in the time settings of Cody Coursework?

I have a course set up in Cody Coursework in time zone CET (Central European time), but spanning an interval of both winter and summer time (CEST, Central European Summer Time). When I create an assignment, I set a latest date and time for the hand-in. Let's say I write 22.00. Then Cody interprets this as CET, and adds another hour to get CEST. So once I save, I get the hand-in time of 23.00. To get 22.00, I should enter 21.00. A bit confusing, is this a bug?

Even worse, if I then edit the assignment for some other reason, Cody reads it's own entry of 22.00, interprets this as CET, and adds another hour to get CEST. So once I save, the hand-in is by 23.00. Every time I edit an assignment the hand-in time is automatically moved an hour. This is, I would say, definitely a bug.

[Walter Roberson]

Sounds like a bug. I sent a note to some of the cody staff.

Answer 1

[Jeff Alderson]

Anna, this doesn't sound like Cody Coursework is behaving as expected. Please contact MathWorks support, and include the URL to the course that you are attempting to modify dates and times for, and your MathWorks Account username.

https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

[Anna Burvall]

On the link you give, it says that support is only available if you have a valid license and a software maintenance service subscription. I know my organization has a valid license, but how do I know if we also have a software maintenance service subscription?

I also miss some place to give feedback on the Cody Coursework system. The system is impressive and in many ways nice to work with, but I've found some fairly easy ways of drastically improving the usability, making the system more attractive to universities. "Low-hanging fruit."

[Jeff Alderson]

Anna, I would welcome your feedback, particularly in the area of usability. Feel free to reach out to me directly with your enhancements, feature requests, or general feedback on usability. We are working on an in-product feedback system, coming very soon!

When you contact support, they will be able to let you know if you are current on SMS.