Technology Communication Tools

Ferris Communication Technologies

Canvas

Canvas has a built-in web-conference

Double Robot

Mobile telepresence devices, such as the Double Robot, is essentially an iPad on wheels like a Segway that allows remote people to be physically present and more collaborative in a classroom or a meeting. Learn more about or to reserve the Double Robot device, please go to our website.

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a unified communications platform that combines persistent workplace chat, video meetings, file storage, and application integration. The service integrates with the company's Office 365 subscription office productivity suite. You can access Teams through Office 365 for access to Ferris resources within Teams.

Other Resources

Facetime

Facetime is a proprietary videotelephony product developed by Apple Inc. FaceTime is a video chat application with a picture in picture view. With this feature, you can see exactly what your conversation partner is seeing of you. You can also use either the front or rear view camera on your device, as well as easily transition between landscape and portrait view. Also, FaceTime can support high-definition video calls, which creates a better communication experiences. Get more information about Facetime at the Mac App Store.

Join.Me

Join.Me is a free web-based collaboration software application for screen-sharing and online meetings. It is fast and easy to learn Join.Me.

Skype

One of the most popular web-conferencing tools has been Skype. Skype is a telecommunications application that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls between computers, tablets, mobile devices, the Xbox One console, and smartwatches via the Internet. Skype also provides instant messaging services. Users may transmit text, video, audio and images.

Zoom

Zoom web-conferencing has been increasing in popularity because it just works. Zoom offers communications software that combines video conferencing, online meetings, chat, and mobile collaboration. Go to Zoom to create a free account.

Pedagogical Practices in Communication

Different collaboration activities can be made more effective with different technologies. You may need to web conference to meet . Group work is best done within a Learn Lab environment. Presentations could be done within a traditional classroom designed for lecture.

eLearning

To learn more about these tools, please check the Training Schedule or contact eLearning at (231) 527-2802.