I am so frustrated with the discussion boards!  Why isn't their a sort option?  Why can't we reverse order them?  Why can't I, as an instructor, pin my response to the top?  The discussion board is so clunky; I also find that the replies are not off-set enough.  Is there a way to just view a thread?  I'm just trying to manage a discussion of 25 grad students today and finding it increasingly frustrating to sort, even along topics, or I would really like to tag...like Hey Brenda, Fred, and Alison, You all had the same issue with this question...here's what I have to say.

Please someone confirm that the long-promised changes to the discussion boards are in development.