Course Work - In & Out of Class

Canvas is an online course management system that facilitates learning worldwide. Canvas is used for fully online courses, as well as online enhanced courses. It allows its users to take tests and quizzes online, correspond via email, chat, use discussion boards, view learning modules, view grades, and much more.

Ferris360 is the portal for services that are available to you and to find out more about the University. Ferris360 gives you access to services you need to do your work, read announcements, check the weather, and view campus community news. You can access Ferris360 anywhere that has an internet connection. Ferris360 allows each person to customize their own information, so that they can easily find the information that is important to them. 

Our technology-enhanced classrooms are called “Smart Classrooms.” These rooms have a wide array of technology available for use. All of our Smart Classrooms have a computer, Symposium monitor, projector, and document presenter. Most of the classrooms that are not considered Smart Classrooms have a computer and projector system installed. In addition to the smart classroom equipment, we have many labs and specialized classrooms that use industry specific technology to help students learn the different types of technology they will be using in their fields of study. 

Yes, all course levels encourage students to collaborate with their peers. Whether it's for a group project, to discuss course subjects, or to ask questions they may have. To do these things, we give you an array of technology to efficiently collaborate with other students.

Canvas

• Chat: This feature can be used to chat with other students or the instructor in real time.
• Discussions: A discussion can be posted for anyone in the course to respond to. This feature can be used to ask classmates a question. Any of your classmates or professors can reply to the questions.
• Email: This feature can be used to send a message to a single person, the instructor, a group of people, or the whole class. With this feature, students are able to message anyone from a particular course without knowing their email address; however, you can't send any emails from Canvas to any email address other than another Canvas email account.

Ferris360

• Ferris Mail: This account works the same as a normal email account. Students can message anyone on or off campus. This account is powered by Outlook.

Our Office of Transfer and Secondary School Partnerships web site has online and contact information to help determine if courses transfer to Ferris for credit.