[sakai-pmc] Updating basic Sakai info

[Neal Caidin]

I've updated About Sakai and Features (aka Capabilities), see below.  
However, I notice that Acknowledgements is out of date. Anyone want to 
help me with that?

Thanks,
Neal

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About Sakai

Sakai is a set of software tools designed to help instructors, 
researchers, and students create websites for collaboration. Using a web 
browser, users choose from a set of features to create a site that meets 
their needs.

Here are some examples of websites possible to create using Sakai software:

A researcher can create a website to for collaboration on a project with 
colleagues.
An instructor can create a website that serves as an online discussion 
board for students to collaborate on an assignment
A student can create a site for a study group or for extra curricular 
activities (depending on institutional policy)
Sakai is a part of the Apereo Foundation (www.apereo.org).

An overview of Sakai can be found at http://www.sakaiproject.org. For 
more information contact the Sakai Community Coordinator.

The information displayed here can be modified by the Sakai 
Administrator by editing the !gateway site.

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Capabilities

Sakai offers a variety of capabilities for use in course and project 
sites, including:

Home    View recent announcements, discussions, and chat activity
Announcements    Post current, time-critical information
Assignments    Post assignments and receive submissions online
Basiclti    Launch and exchange information with externally-hosted tools
Chat Room    Participate in real-time, written conversations
Drop Box    Allow private file-sharing between instructors and students
Entity Broker    Provides a set of RESTful APIs that support 
interoperability between Sakai tools.
Email Archive    Maintain an archive of all email sent to the worksite's 
email list
Gradebook    Compute and store grades
Help    Access help documentation
Lessons    Can organize the course by unit, module, week, topic, or any 
other grouping the instructor creates. Lessons leverages the power of 
other Sakai tools like Assignments, and Test and Quizzes.
Membership    Choose sites in which you would like to participate
Messages and Forums    Create discussion forums and communicate between 
site groups and users using internal mail.
News    Display an RSS feed from an external site
Podcasts    View podcasts
Polls    Create site-based surveys and polls
Portfolios    Supports portfolio-based activities with a suite of tools.
Post'em    Provides functionality for uploading .csv formatted files to 
display feedback (e.g., comments, grades) to site participants.
Preferences    Set your personal preferences, such as time zone, tab order
Profile    Provides a Facebook-style interface for editing user 
profiles; includes Twitter integration
Quartz Scheduler    Schedule and run cron jobs
Resources    Add documents and URLs to your worksite
Roster    View list of site participants
Schedule    Keep track of important dates and deadlines on worksite calendar
Search    Provides search capabilities of Sakai content
Section Info    Manage sections or groups within a site
Shortened URL Service    A simple service that allows tools and services 
to shorten links to anything, either via the Java-based service or the 
Entity Provider.
Signup tool    Schedule instructor and ta office hours, study groups, 
and review sessions.
Site Info    View worksite profile and participants list
Site Stats    View site usage statistics
Syllabus    Create a worksite syllabus
Tests & Quizzes    Create, administer, and correct tests and quizzes 
online, and automatically feed the results to the Gradebook
Web Content    Include external website content in your worksite
Wiki    Collaboratively edit simple web pages
Worksite Setup    Create and manage sites
Webservices    Includes a rich collection of web services for system admins
The information displayed here can be modified by the Sakai 
Administrator by editing the !gateway site.



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Neal Caidin
Sakai Community Coordinator
Apereo Foundation
neal.caidin at apereo.org
Skype me! (but let me know in advance for the first interaction) - nealkdin