Metabase – I love you
It’s time to come clean. I've fallen in love with another open source software toolset. Metabase, how I love you so. We have never been in such a position to ask questions of our...
ChatOps is King in High Stakes Exam Support
Catalyst recently entered the world of high stakes online assessment with the launch of our eAssessment offering in partnership with Monash University. As part of the Catalyst...
Safe Exam Browser – Tighter Moodle Integration
Catalyst is proud to announce a new milestone in our ongoing partnership with the Moodle project. Moodle is the world’s leading Learning Management System (LMS), as well as being...
ETL Power with Pygrametl
Catalyst has been helping our clients wrestle data from one system to another for many years. Whether this be very formal Enterprise system integration engagements, or just custom...
MFA for your Enterprise Moodle
Taking this opportunity to congratulate and thank two of our great Moodle developers, Brenden Heywood, Mikhail Golenkov and Peter Burnett for the work that they are doing...
COVID-19 Update
Update: March 17, 2020
As the impact of COVID-19 increases around the world, Catalyst wanted to let our clients and partners know the steps that Catalyst is taking to ensure...
Catalyst awards its 2020 Scholarships
Ellena and Emanuel are to receive the Catalyst Open Source Scholarships of $6000 each, while they study computer science at university. So, why do Catalyst do this? Well, we...
SmartStart reveal the most popular baby names of 2019
SmartStart annually collects and presents the most popular baby names. The most popular names, for 2019, were Amelia and Oliver, while Mia and Nikau were the most popular...
Preservation and protection of Christchurch's' taonga and kōrero
Catalyst’s South Island branch has fought hard to preserve Christchurch's history with two expert open source solutions.
Firstly, Catalyst built an advanced...
Catalyst hosts sustainability market for Women's Refuge
On Wednesday the 27th of November, Catalyst raised over $400 by hosting a sustainability market.
We've all been gifted something that we have greeted with a false smile and ''...
SmartStart – Now six years and growing!
Catalyst is excited to announce the award-winning site, SmartStart, now extends to 6 years of age, parents can now access information throughout toddler and preschool years....
OCLC upload tips and tricks
Koha is a Library Management System (LMS) used worldwide by more than 15,000 libraries. The Koha team at Catalyst are passionate about using Koha and helping libraries (big and...