Itamar Tzadok

With $USER, $COURSE (or $PAGE->course) and $OUTPUT try something like

        $params = array(
               'courseid' => $COURSE->id,
               'size' => 100
        );
        $image = $OUTPUT->user_picture($USER, $params);

hth

See http://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Database_templates for info on using the activity templates.

So you need something like FAQ page which you can set up in various ways.  Wiki, forum or the Database module could be used effectively for this purpose. The Database module has advanced search template which can be designed to show the desired search options.

Not entirely clear what you're trying to do but it looks like most of it could/should be done in the course. You can definitely use the Database activity to record information about students progress, but with the current module you cannot have conditional display of the information. In the course level there is a powerful mechanism of conditional activities and sections which you could use for controlling access. hth

Wrong forum. Try the Roles and permissions forum.