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19 August 2026
Since 2020, Catalyst IT Australia have been a part of QUT’s ‘Work Integrated Learning’ (WIL) program, providing Bachelor of IT students with the opportunity to work on real life projects. In...
7 July 2026
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. ...
9 June 2026
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...
7 July 2026
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
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
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...
4 March 2026
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
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
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,...
9 June 2026
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
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
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....
24 February 2026
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
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
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...
23 May 2026
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
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
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...
19 August 2026
Since 2020, Catalyst IT Australia have been a part of QUT’s ‘Work Integrated Learning’ (WIL) program, providing Bachelor of IT students with the opportunity to work on real life projects. In addition to ‘giving back’ to...
9 June 2026
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
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...