Current defaults were determined to account for 2U's email volume+cost. These are not optimal for everyone. However, once a notification preference is set as off, it's not easy to turn it on for all users.
I recommend that we turn EMAIL notifications ON by default with DAILY cadence for:
- New post from instructor
- Course update
See this slack msg for context: https://openedx.slack.com/archives/C057J2D1WU9/p1760366832399309