Central Queensland University (CQU), Rockhampton is an Australian dual sector university based in Queensland. Its main campus is in North Rockhampton. The university reaches approximately 35,000 domestic and international students.
Challenges
CQU wanted to implement two new scholarly research and data systems (Research Master and Sympletic) together to act as a library. Alongside this, CQU wished to transition from hosting their systems in-house to migrate to a cloud platform. However, this transition would require complex integration that its library vendor could not provide. Moreover, CQU’s development would require a number of complex system sync processes and integration.
The Solution
Catalyst worked with CQU to move their system hosting from on premise to a cloud platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS). As a technical partner, the Catalyst team ensured a successful technical transition and strategic roll-out of several changes and improvements with minimal disruption to users – this was key as CQU’s pages receive an average number of 8,000 per minute (at peak) and 900k page views per week.
Together we have strategically planned and managed a range of Learning Management Systems and ePortfolio systems across a number of environments, improving their learners experience with both Totara and Moodle. A key customisation and integration was improved research traceability; this transparency allows the Australian Government to recognise and fund CQU University.
Our Moodle technical experts were able to make complex integrations look easy alongside improved functional and efficient workflows; all updates and improvements were carried while actively in-use by students and staff.
Contact Details for Client Organisation Referee
Name: Shaune Sinclair
Position: Deputy Director, IT & Library Services
Phone: 0417 716 260
Email: s.sinclair
cqu.edu.au
