[sakai-pmc] [sakai-core-team] Updating basic Sakai info

Fri Apr 11 05:02:56 PDT 2014

FYI, current acknowledgements shown below.

1) Remove CLE
2) That listing will be hard to get complete so I would say it is
worth indicating something like "and other contributors" or some such
3) Are we still using everything listed in the tech section?
-AZ

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On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 7:55 AM, Neal Caidin <neal.caidin at apereo.org> wrote:
> 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 However, I notice that Acknowledgements is out of date.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
>
> ---------------------
> 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.
>
> ------------------
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> --
> 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
>
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