Aperto eLearning Solutions focuses on integrating innovative Open Source technologies with commercial learning management systems (LMS), such as WebCT and Blackboard.

Aperto was created by WebCT co-founder Sasan Salari, who left WebCT in January 2006 after eleven years. Sasan saw a significant interest by higher- and further-education institutions to embrace the use of new community-building technologies in conjunction with their LMS.

Many of these technologies - blogs, wikis, podcasting tools - are being developed as open source products, but until now, no concerted effort has been made to integrate such tools with the commercial learning management systems.

Aperto eLearning Solutions brings years of educational and technical experience to helping institutions find the best way of integrating a diverse set of learning tools. From needs-analysis, integration planning, to development and deployment, Aperto can help institutions find the right balance of functionality vs. complexity.