Hi Jeffrey,
Thanks so much for the response.
Erm, we have just 15 courses and less than a hundred students so definately not on the scale that you are dealing with.
Geek support - me! It's been learn as I go along since the courses first started online. I am ok with following instructions for installs and upgrades and I know enough HTML to make the assignment instructions look pretty. However, when it comes to touching a database I honest to god quake in my boots - I was terrified when doing the database changes for 1.9 - 2.0 and would prefer never to have to touch a database again. We all have our achilles heels
The reason I was considering the backup and restore route is that the site seems incredibly slow despite trying everything I can to improve it and following all instructions on here. My students are starting to harrange me about the speed! So I thought a new database might just solve this problem.