Catalyst blog

Sharing portfolio stories with the world

The Mahara Project Team is excited to announce its podcast 'Create. Share. Engage.' which is dedicated to showcasing practises around portfolios for learning and more.

Mahara 22.04: Search and support

Mahara 22.04 was released at the end of April by the Catalyst team. It contains a variety of new features, in particular around searching for content and supporting learners more efficiently.

Building a bridge: PLE and integration with other tools for assessment purposes

Mahara is an ePortfolio platform where learners have control over their own learning journeys. It can also connect to learning management systems for assessment purposes.

Mahara: It takes a village

While Catalyst does the majority of the development work, we don't come up with new features and changes to Mahara in a vacuum. Together with our clients and the wider community, we learn what students, educators, and professionals need.

What's in the future of Mahara?

Looking to the future of Mahara, in the final part of this Mahara series.

Moodle project ACE wins international student success award

Catalyst is honoured to have worked in collaboration with the University of Canterbury on this positive and important tool, and is thrilled to see ACE recognised and celebrated with this award.

Moodle 4.0: A sneak preview

A sneak preview of what Moodle 4.0 has in store for us.

What does Cloud-based learning mean for educators?

Having a robust and resilient platform, particularly during peak periods of access, ensures confidence. Here we examine how online learning systems need to adapt rapidly.

Catalyst and University Canterbury use AI to better support students

Catalyst has innovated with the University of Canterbury (UC) using Moodle and machine learning technology TensorFlow to help both staff and students identify engagement levels versus their cohort.

Quick tips for ‘Emergency’ Online Learning with Moodle

Normally, when preparing to deliver courses online you would have had months of planning and discussions with a team of Learning Designers, Learning Technologists and possibly Multimedia Specialists.

Catalyst gets more kiwi classrooms online with BigBlueButton

Catalyst partners with Blindside Networks - founders and managers of the BigBlueButton project, to extend online classrooms to more learners across New Zealand.

The Elearning Flash apocalypse

Flash is going EOL in 2020 but most browsers will drop support in mid-2019.

The 3Fs of surviving the Flash Apocalypse

Survive the Flash Apocalypse: Find, Figure Out, Fix. Plan your strategy to remove Flash from eLearning materials effectively.

Mahara Hui DACH18: Something for every educator

Mahara Hui DACH 2018 was an unconference held in Vienna, Austria, that looked at portfolio practices with Mahara and providing engaging learning activities in general.