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Catalyst IT Managed Services
At Catalyst we collaborate closely with our partners, absorbing fresh and innovative approaches to digital learning. We have...
Open source software - what is it?
What is open source software?
Open source software has source code that anyone can inspect, modify, and enhance.
Source code is the part of the software that developers can...
Email Phishing - Fraudsters posing as Catalyst
We recently learned about some email phishing activity, where the cyber criminals are posing as Catalyst IT.
Phishing attacks disguised as Catalyst IT
This...
LMS in 2021 - learning the way we live
Over the years, Learning Management Systems (LMS) have evolved from basic course management tools to become student-centric, collaborative learning environments that represent the...
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...
Edtech LMS - exploring Moodle 3.9
What is Moodle LMS?
The Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) is a world leading educational technology solution for the education sector. It enables universities and...
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
MFA plugin - Moodle
Taking this opportunity to congratulate and thank three of our great Moodle developers, Brenden Heywood, Mikhail Golenkov and Peter Burnett for the...
Cutting our AWS spend in half
It often seems that, by default, our AWS monthly spends go in only one direction - up.
Our AWS cost reduction strategy has evolved over time, through the work we’ve done for...
Under the hood of Moodle’s cron system
At Catalyst we work with a lot of clients who have pretty big Moodle instances.
One of the critical parts of Moodle is the Task API aka cron system which ticks along in the...
