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Unfortunately my experiences are mostly negative - having a forum and maybe a single task there (write something, respond to another student) was not sufficient to get people actually using it.
This sounds like an interesting and ambitious project; good luck! I do not unfortunately know the school context you are doing this in so as to give any advice. At least some USA people use similar kinds of course names; maybe that?
Those are good questions. I also like to suggest minus pi and ten plus pi. (The concept is mostly used on the first few grades, so these questions, while fun, are not relevant.)