Is there a way to set discussions to expand threads by default, and to be ordered "oldest first" by default?

[ElizabethCShaw]

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The redesigned discussions are causing all sorts of unhappiness. We want them to default to expanded threads and an "oldest first" sort. Is there a setting to make this happen?

[clawrence6]

I second the part about expanding threads by default - I've had several faculty already requesting this, and we're less than a week into the term. I'll also add that the threaded replies need either a more significant indentation to them or some type of background color difference (light grey, like in Excel's tables).

[rlbrown21]

Please let us choose the defaults per course.   Having posts hidden by default does not work for the majority of our faculty