Chronology

• Fiscal Year 1998-99: UC Office of the President allocates $19.3 million to campus for instructional technology.
• Aug. 31, 1998: Provost Grey requests Instructional Technology Funds Task Force suggest "principles and processes" to guide the allocation of ITF monies.
• Nov. 18, 1998: Instructional Technology Funds Task Force issues its report.
• Jan. 13, 1999: The Academic Computing Coordinating Council (AC4) reviews and advises on the recommendations in the Instructional Technology Funds Task Force report.
• Jan. 15, 1999: The Academic Senate's Committee on Academic Planning and Budget (CAPBR) submits its recommendations on the ITF Task Force report.
• Jan. 28, 1999: Provost Grey makes the following allocation decisions upon consideration provided by the AC4 and CAPBR:

  -	$5.8 million (of the $11.2 million) in permanent funds is allocated to the deans and vice chancellors.
  -	$6.6 million (of the $8.1 million) in one-time funds is allocated to the deans and vice chancellors, and $1.5 million to the Division of Information Technology.

• March 15, 1999: An AC4 subcommittee approves a set of criteria to guide the use of ITF monies.
• March, 1999: An Information Technology workgroup submits for approval a dozen ITF proposals to Acting AVC, Jerry Hallee and the AC4. These projects are to be funded by the one-time-only ITF monies.
• Early April, 1999: Provost Grey, in collaboration with the AC4, approves in concept and prioritizes the proposals.
• April, 1999: Information Technology Directors appoint Margaret Byrne, Information Resources, as ITF Program Coordinator. A project lead is identified for each project.
• May-June, 1999: Project leads refine project scope documents, timelines, and budgets.
• Sept. 1, 1999: The first ITF project (the replacement of the 14.4K modem pool) is to be implemented.
• Fall 2000: All ITF projects must be completed.

The 10 Instructional Technology Funds Projects

• Replace the 14.4K Express Modem Pool with 56K, Y2K compliant modems (see related story in this issue).
• Build the infrastructure to centrally support Web pages for faculty and students (includes the Distributed File System and Gateway projects).
• Deploy DHCP to enable on-campus network connectivity for mobile users.
• Increase on-campus network access from public places, using wired and wireless technologies.
• Construct Web-based tools for use by faculty.
• Replace the campus Web search engine.
• Develop personal digital certificates to enable access to secure Web sites.
• Update the Web-based guide to campus classrooms.
• Increase the disk space on central email servers.

Additional Information
      Email address: itf@ucdavis.edu
      Web page: http://it.ucdavis.edu/itf. Includes short project descriptions, the charge letter and background information.

A number of presentations are planned and will be publicized on the ITF Web page.