I agree.  I also systematically read through (and reply to) the posts in the order in which they have been submitted.  When the order constantly changes, it makes my work more difficult and time consu...

It's an issue of cognitive load.  If learners have to expend a lot of mental energy navigating the discussion board to open posts and read them, they don't have as much energy left to engage with the ...

I have also noticed that replies at the end of one thread blend in with the initial post of the next thread.  I would like to see a border between each thread so that you can easily see where one thre...

My university is piloting Harmonize, which integrates with Canvas.  My students really like it.  One feature I like with Harmonize is that it allows the instructor to see how many other posts in the d...

I can see that being able to sort the posts could be beneficial. However, there should also be a way to keep the posts in a fixed order.  As an instructor, I try to reply to every original post, and t...

My university is piloting Harmonize, which integrates with Canvas.  My students really like it.  One feature I like with Harmonize is that it allows the instructor to see how many other posts in the d...

I can see that being able to sort the posts could be beneficial. However, there should also be a way to keep the posts in a fixed order.  As an instructor, I try to reply to every original post, and t...

My university is piloting the Harmonize discussion tool.  After trying both the new Canvas discussions and Harmonize, my class voted to use Harmonize.  We ended up using that for the rest of the semes...

I have the same issue of white space and junk HTML appearing in the middle of posts.  It seems to happen when I have written something and then backspace to delete it. 

I agree.  I also systematically read through (and reply to) the posts in the order in which they have been submitted.  When the order constantly changes, it makes my work more difficult and time consu...