7 July 2026
About Moodle Safe Exam Browser.
Safe Exam Browser is one of numerous successful collaborative projects involving the Moodle community (in this case 8 universities from Switzerland, Austria and Germany), Catalyst IT and Moodle HQ. ...
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9 June 2026
Supporting Federation University in delivering human centred digital solutions.
Collaboration, innovation and excellence are the values that both, FedUni and Catalyst, live and share. This helped us work together effectively over the years to successfully deliver multiple education technology...
23 May 2026
A new chapter in leadership for Catalyst IT Australia.
We would like to congratulate our own Alex Lawn on his appointment as Managing Director of Catalyst IT Australia! Passing over the baton, Andrew Boag, founder of Catalyst IT Australia...
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7 July 2026
About Moodle Safe Exam Browser.
Safe Exam Browser is one of numerous successful collaborative projects involving the Moodle community (in this case 8 universities from Switzerland, Austria and Germany), Catalyst IT and Moodle HQ. [...]Read More... from About...
24 April 2026
Think of Moodle LMS as your strategic enabler: customise it to what you want with Catalyst.
Over the years, our clients – universities, colleges and learning focused organisations – have added Moodle LMS customisations to deliver more engaging learning experiences, improve learning analytics and streamline operations. Here are some examples. [...]Read...
24 April 2026
How to get started with learning analytics in Moodle? Your 10 step blueprint.
Learning analytics is a highly discussed topic among our team and clients. With student engagement and retention being an ongoing challenge for universities and colleges, mastering learning analytics is key. Here is what you...
Cloud hosting, management and security
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4 March 2026
Starting the semester strong: What happens behind the scenes during peak LMS traffic times.
This is what our technical team does to ensure smooth experience for students during peak LMS traffic times, such as semester start. [...]Read More... from Starting the semester strong: What happens behind the scenes during...
21 October 2025
AWS outage update: Catalyst services remain online.
We want to assure you that all Catalyst-hosted Moodle, Mahara, Totara, Drupal, Laravel, and WordPress sites remain online and fully operational, with only minimal disruption to certain backend monitoring systems. [...]Read More... from AWS outage...
20 August 2025
Important Security Announcement for Moodle and Totara Users.
Catalyst IT are aware of the world-wide credential stuffing campaign against Moodle sites. Our team have detected this early and have put all possible measures in place immediately. If you are a Moodle or Totara user,...
EdTech Solutions
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9 June 2026
Supporting Federation University in delivering human centred digital solutions.
Collaboration, innovation and excellence are the values that both, FedUni and Catalyst, live and share. This helped us work together effectively over the years to successfully deliver multiple education technology projects. This includes seamless integrations,...
2 February 2026
Is investing in L&D the best bet to outperform your competitors?
The need for corporate LMS is growing among many industries. In this blog, we look at some of the challenges various companies are facing with their L&D programs, and how they can turn these...
13 January 2026
Your LMS Checklist for December and January.
From course content to security, to cloud costs - there are a few things that require regular attention but can be difficult to get to during busier periods. Click below to download your LMS Checklist....
Open Source and Innovation
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24 February 2026
Open Source LMS (Moodle LMS) Misconceptions.
As the LMS market gets more and more saturated, proprietary software providers have started to make false claims about open source technologies in order to win market share. Some of the more recent statements we’ve...
29 January 2026
Open Source at Catalyst: Owning our digital future.
At Catalyst, we don’t just promote open source through our hosting, customisation and support of platforms like Moodle, Mahara, Totara, Drupal and WordPress - we live and breathe it. This post gives some insight...
1 October 2025
Leveraging Open Source Software to Achieve Financial Sustainability for Australian TAFEs.
Beyond collaboration, education networks need a shared and easily accessible pool of knowledge and tools in order to achieve excellence, faster paced innovations, financial sustainability and business continuity. [...]Read More... from Leveraging Open Source Software...
Important Announcements
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23 May 2026
A new chapter in leadership for Catalyst IT Australia.
We would like to congratulate our own Alex Lawn on his appointment as Managing Director of Catalyst IT Australia! Passing over the baton, Andrew Boag, founder of Catalyst IT Australia and Catalyst IT Canada, had...
8 May 2026
A Global EdTech Data Breach – How does this affect me?
The world is still coming to terms with the global EdTech data breach of Instructure’s Canvas data platform. Firstly, Catalyst IT stand in solidarity with organisations and institutions worldwide who face these challenges, and acknowledge...
7 May 2026
What the Canvas breach teaches us about Moodle security.
The recent cyber incident affecting Canvas has become another reminder of an uncomfortable reality for education providers: learning platforms are high-value targets. Modern LMS platforms contain far more than course materials. They often hold student...
Our Team
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9 June 2026
Supporting Federation University in delivering human centred digital solutions.
Collaboration, innovation and excellence are the values that both, FedUni and Catalyst, live and share. This helped us work together effectively over the years to successfully deliver multiple education technology projects. This includes seamless integrations,...
23 May 2026
A new chapter in leadership for Catalyst IT Australia.
We would like to congratulate our own Alex Lawn on his appointment as Managing Director of Catalyst IT Australia! Passing over the baton, Andrew Boag, founder of Catalyst IT Australia and Catalyst IT Canada, had...
22 September 2025
Catalyst wins Partner of the Year and Community Contributor of the Year 2025 at the annual Moodle Partner Awards.
740 Moodlers have gathered in Edinburgh, Scotland last week for MoodleMoot Global 2025. The annual Moodle Partner Awards is a big part of the global Moot events. They recognise Moodle Certified Partners for their contributions...