YEARMILESTONES
1997
December
  • First prototype of a Web portal named "Gateway" presented to a group of Associate Vice Chancellors
  • 1998
    May
  • Gateway prototype demo at Odyssey, a campus technology showcase
  • 1999
    January
  • Academic Computing Coordinating Council (AC4) recommends building infrastructure to support faculty and student Web pages

    March
  • Proposal to spend forthcoming one-time technology grant inWeb course tools and administrative Web application

    April
  • Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Grey approves Gateway project

    June
  • One-time funds approved for Gateway project

    September
  • First proposal of permanent funding for Gateway project

    November
  • Gateway prototype is renamed "MyUCDavis"
  • First series of MyUCDavis presentations given to e-commerce committee, deans and vice chancellors, sponsors, student organizations, colleges, Office of Administration, and conferences
  • 2000
    July
  • Office of the President releases "UC2010: A New Business Architecture for the University of California," calls for campus portal development and better technology leveraging to streamline UC processes and services
  • Major construction on MyUCDavis complete

    August
  • Focus groups test beta version of MyUCDavis

    October
  • MyUCDavis released on campus as pilot program

    December
  • More than 3,500 unique users of MyUCDavis

  • 2001
    January
  • More than 5,000 unique users

    February
  • NBA Steering Committee formed to oversee campus NBA Initiative

    March
  • A group of campus administrators, faculty members and staff representatives vote to select MyUCDavis as the enterprise portal for UC Davis

    April
  • More than 10,000 unique users of MyUCDavis

    June
  • MyUCDavis granted mission-critical status
  • My Money tab added to MyUCDavis, features Direct Deposit options for users

    July
  • My Contracts and Grants channel added to portal, allows instructors to track detailed information on grant funding

    September
  • MyUCDavis officially selected as foundation for UC Davis enterprise portal
  • NBA Implementation Workgroup is formed to provide day-to-day oversight of NBA Initiative

    October
  • NBA Technology Development Team is formed
  • MySpace is added to MyUCDavis, gives users 55 Megabytes of secure file storage

    November
  • Technology Development Team holds first meeting
  • More than 20,000 unique users of MyUCDavis
  • 2002
    January
  • MyUCDavis Team develops "road show"; gives demo to instructors in Human and Community Development Department
  • Decision support channels (DaFIS and PPS) added to MyUCDavis
  • New and improved My Planner available on MyUCDavis
  • NBA Technology Development Team submits proposal for three high-priority technology projects to guide the development of the portal
  • NBA Channel added to MyUCDavis
  • GradeBook offers online grading system for instructors on MyUCDavis
  • Official launch of the UC Davis NBA Web site

    February
  • Channel Builder pilot underway
  • More than 25,000 unique users of MyUCDavis
  • Implementation Workgroup presents progress report to Academic Computing Coordinating Councils
  • MyUCDavis Team gives demo to instructors in the Engineering Department

  • Into the Future
  • Managing Technology pilot program to be completed
  • Self-quiz/test builder to be added to MyUCDavis
  • NBA Change Management Team to form
  • NBA Business Process Team to form
  • NBA Project Manager recruitment
  • Business processes to be reviewed, refined
  • Email/Calendaring functionality to be added
  • Enterprise directory to be developed
  • FedEx Online Ordering to be added
  • Workflow system to be implemented

  • And much more

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     Related IT Times stories

     Previous Issues
    MyUCDavis is Here to Stay (May/June 2001)

    MyUCDavis Awaits Graduation Day (Mar 2001)

    "MyUCDavis": A New Window on the Aggie World (Mar 2000)

     

    Other Resources

     UC 2010: A New Business Architecture for the University of California

     

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