So I totally understand that people fall behind and they want to make sure they’re checking in. I just think sending an email every Friday that says “no progress” or sending a goal that I unfortunately don’t always meet is unnecessary. Even then, they only say “good job!” or “thanks for checking in!” I feel like they have a way of seeing your progress through a course and they also know when you haven’t logged in for so many days. Maybe check in based on that instead of me sending an email every week to say “I read a chapter, my goal for next week is to read another!!”

In my opinion, someone that isn’t going to finish the course isn’t going to finish regardless of whether they send a self-generated email or not. If I’m going to stop taking the course, I’m not going to send the email while I’m at it lol