Hi Mary, thanks for your response. The course sounds like a good plan for me! I agree with what you said about the database activity, I had a cursory look at it and it looks a bit tricky, especially as I am learning so much other stuff too. I really like your idea about having a forum for the teachers as well, I will definitely go with that. I took a look at the sharing cart add-on, and I think I'm going to go with that too, thank you.
I work at a small school and they have asked me to set up this Moodle VLE, but I only have 3 weeks to get up something basic/working to start with - there is just so much to learn. So many options inside of options, it's hard to know where to start!
One little bit at a time, I guess. /breathe
Thank you very much for your help and ideas.