Moodle is the popular open source online training and course management system. Moodle has vast numbers of users in all sectors: public, corporate and education.
Catalyst has built a global reputation for our work in scaling, modifying, integrating and supporting Moodle. We have clients in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, North America, Asia and Australia.
Totara LMS
Totara LMS is a version of Moodle developed by Catalyst, in conjunction with Kineo UK and Pacific, that targets the corporate and public sectors by providing a workplace training management instance of Moodle. More details about Totara can be found at www.totaralms.com
Moodle Partners +
Our team is part of the development effort behind Moodle, with understanding of upcoming features and the ability to customise and enhance Moodle to the max. We were "release managers" way back for the 1.4.3 and 1.4.4 releases, and have contributed key features since then, including to the recently launched Moodle 2.0. You will find us involved in open discussion with Martin Dougiamas and many other developers, designing and debugging the next version of Moodle.
As recognised by TEC, 'code mobility' via open source communities holds great promise for an economically sustainable ICT investment pathway for New Zealand education. Early on in the planning stage of the New Zealand Virtual Learning Environment project we recognised the need for a development team with a track record of delivering complex Internet based applications using open source technology. Note only that, but we needed a team with a culture of collaboration and focused on delivering value. That's a pretty hard ask – so we feel very lucky that we've got Catalyst on board – they're brilliant to work with and they’re helping us take open source in education to a new level.
Project Manager – NZOSVLE project
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand.
Catalyst Moodle services
Catalyst IT offers top-of-the-line Moodle services:
- We have a dedicated team working on Moodle and related e-learning tools.
- Our customers are running the largest Moodle installations in terms of scale on a dedicated High Availability cluster with Disaster Recovery facilities.
- We are at the forefront of integration with webmail services, Student Management Systems, LDAP/ActiveDirectory/NDS and external library services.
- We consult to large Moodle users across the globe, often designing their high-availability clusters, tuning their Moodle, and selecting, and even swapping their database, be it Postgres, MySQL or Oracle.
Moodle hosting
Catalyst offers hosting for organisations of all sizes from schools to large polytechnics, universities and corporates.
With a 100MB link, multiple layers of firewalls, uninterruptible power, disaster recovery assurance through replicated server environments, and automatic site monitoring tools, we can ensure that your application is serving your learners at all times.
For international clients, we offer supported hosting services through partners in Australia, the US and the UK.
Moodle installation and integration
We can get your Moodle up and running, as well as manage and support it remotely. Are you trying to integrate your Learning Management System with another system in your local environment? We provide the glue to get the best out of your ICT investments.
Moodle development and support
Is there a specific functionality you would like added to Moodle?
The Catalyst team are trusted developers within the Moodle community. We have the expertise and experience with Moodle to write customised code or help build a new feature for the main Moodle distribution.
We can help design the best architecture to ensure peace of mind and low cost of ownership. Catalyst also offers full design services for your own custom theme design for your learning environment.
Moodle clusters
If you are already running Moodle, we can help you migrate to a highly scalable cluster, or help you tune your existing installation. If you are serious about scalability and high availability, we are the ideal partner to help run a cluster. We run many clusters for customers with these requirements.