Site For Students...

Hi,

I've installed and configured a couple of Drupal sites on my own wamp-based and lamp-based servers and these sites are working quite well...

What I'm trying to do now is create a Drupal site to use with my students for my classes. I'm not sure that Drupal can do exactly what I want, and if it can I'm not sure how to configure it...

Essentially, I want to create a separate section for each one of the classes...(they are different subjects) and make it possible for each of my students to have their own area (or portfolio section) where they can keep various e-learning materials...I would like the students to have the option to make their stuff either private or public. In other words, to choose whether or not to share their work with other students...

I'm also wondering if there's a way to do grading online...is there some kind of a grade book module for Drupal?

Finally, as the Admin of the site, I must have the option to see and access all of the students' work...

I looked at DrupalEd, which seems to have some modules that may do what I'm trying to do. I am, however, somewhat reluctant to use it since it is based on an older version of Drupal and since there's not much available by way of instructions on how to configure DrupalEd...

Any suggestions on how I can do what I'm trying to do would be very helpful. I know that there are specific Learning Management Systems out there that I can use, but I like the idea of sticking with Drupal because of the number of themes available as well as the fact that the contributed modules make it possible to expand the site and make it grow in ways that LMS options do not allow...

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Ronen