Moodle Community
Day


16th June 2026
Queen Mary University of London

Programme

08:30 Registration/Arrival

Where: Lower Ground Foyer

09:00 Welcome talks

Where: Preston LT

  • 09:00 - Welcome from Queen Mary University of London
  • 09:20 - Welcome from Catalyst Joey Murison - Managing Director of Catalyst IT Europe
    Joey Murison - Managing Director of Catalyst IT Europe
  • 09:40 - An update from Moodle CEO
    Scott Anderberg - Chief Executive Officer, Moodle HQ
  • 10:00 - Moodle Roadmap and Panel Discussion
    Marie Achour - Chief Product Officer, Moodle HQ, Scott Anderberg - Chief Executive Officer, Moodle HQ, Dan Lehner - Chief Commercial Officer, Moodle HQ
11:00 Comfort break
11:20 Community stories

Where: Preston LT

  • Introducing the Multiple marking project and 'Large files' submission plugin for Moodle
    Alistair Sparks - UCL
  • Using AI to support learner persona generation and analysis
    Kerry Watts - Cambridge Press and Assessment
  • NHS Graduate Programme MWP - 'Manager/Peer relationship plugin' development
    Anna Bishop - on behalf of the NHS
12:30 Lunch break
13:30 Breakout session
  • Moodle Workplace demo: Features to support learning and development

    Where: Room GC114

    Anna Bishop - Digital Learning & L&D Specialist, Catalyst IT

    "Get to know the features of Moodle Workplace and how the platform differs from Moodle LMS."

  • Empathy Session: Walk in Their Shoes

    Where: Room GC103

    Gavin Henrick - Brickfield Labs

    "A facilitated workshop where participants draw course content barrier cards and experience access challenges before flipping to reveal accessible solutions."

  • Higher Education and Moodle, Special Interest Group

    Where: Preston LT

    Jasmin Davies-Hodge - Business Development Manager, Catalyst IT and
    Mark Johnson - Product Owner, Moodle Educators Pack, Catalyst IT

    "A chance to explore what's needed to make Moodle a full-featured LMS for HE, and to share your questions and challenges with your peer group."

14:15 Breakout session
  • Talking accessibility with Brickfield and ReadSpeaker

    Where: Preston LT

    Gavin Henrick - CEO of Brickfield Education Labs, and
    Jason Giddens - UK Sales from ReadSpeaker
    "Learn how ReadSpeaker and Brickfield Enable work inside of Moodle and help optimise your LMS experience to support your students and faculty building digital skills and learner agency."
  • Talking ePortfolios with Mahara

    Where: Room GC114

    Penny Leach - Mahara Relationship Manager (Europe) at Catalyst IT Europe
    "Penny will walk you through the new look and feel of Mahara 26.04, launched in April of this year."
  • Talking exam proctoring with SMOWL

    Where: Room GC201

    Patxi Brey - Account Executive for Higher Education & Corporate Learning, Smowltech
    "Meet the team from Smowltech and get hands-on with their digital exam proctoring solution."
15:10 Comfort break
15:30 Community stories

Where: Preston LT

  • The new Mahara group assignment submission plugin for Moodle
    Rob Lowney - Dublin City University
  • Tidying up your data with the QMUL 'Moodle teenager' project
    Yanna Nedelcheva - QMUL and Simon Thornett - Catalyst IT
  • Humanitarian Leadership Academy MWP migration project
    Shaun Richards - Humanitarian Leadership Academy
16:30 Breakout session
  • Moodle for assessment - what's missing?

    Where: Preston LT

    Simon Thornett - Senior Software Developer, Catalyst IT, and
    Sam Taylor - External Services Manager, Catalyst IT
    "This session is a chance to put forward ideas of what you feel Moodle needs to focus on in the next few years, with a main focus on assessment and examinations."
17:00 Finish & Drinks Reception

Where: Lower Ground Foyer

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