I ask my students to read every post I make in the discussions, even if I am responding to a different student - there are half a dozen effective practices baked into how I approach it - but with the update to discussions it appears that every reply (including replies from the prof) is hidden unless expanded?  It also appears this non-expanded view is the default and resets every time a person goes back to a discussion.

1. Is all of this correct?

2. Can the prof override this to get back to how discussions used to thread, ensuring that every post by the professor is available (to students) without an extra click?  I've looked in every setting I can think of but don't see a way to ensure my posts are visible to all students whenever they are on the discussion board.  

Thanks in advance for some help!