diff --git a/xmodule/html_block.py b/xmodule/html_block.py
index 9840c3007f92..10f2ed82d642 100644
--- a/xmodule/html_block.py
+++ b/xmodule/html_block.py
@@ -120,14 +120,20 @@ def get_html(self):
         """ Returns html required for rendering the block. """
         if self.data:
             data = self.data
-            user_id = (
+            user = (
                 self.runtime.service(self, 'user')
                 .get_current_user()
-                .opt_attrs.get(ATTR_KEY_DEPRECATED_ANONYMOUS_USER_ID)
+                
             )
+            user_id = user.opt_attrs.get(ATTR_KEY_DEPRECATED_ANONYMOUS_USER_ID)
             if user_id:
                 data = data.replace("%%USER_ID%%", user_id)
             data = data.replace("%%COURSE_ID%%", str(self.scope_ids.usage_id.context_key))
+            
+            # EDLYCUSTOM: Replace %%USER_EMAIL%% with user's email in HTML xblock
+            email = user.emails[0]
+            data = data.replace("%%USER_EMAIL%%", email)
+
             return data
         return self.data