It seems that, out of the box, all Moodle forums default to optional subscription.
I don't understand this. Why wouldn't a student want to be able to receive notifications of a discussion they are a part of? More importantly, isn't it natural for a student to assume that when they post to a forum that their message is going out to the rest of their class?
I know that sometimes students and teachers get overwhelmed with the discussions going on in their course/class/group. But isn't that an enrolment problem? Shouldn't that person not be in the group then?
Somebody please help me out here.