Adobe Creative Cloud @ UNCG


Adobe Creative Cloud is a set of applications and services from Adobe Systems that gives users access to a collection of software used for digital photography, graphic design, video editing, and web development, as well as some optional cloud services including online storage*.

Creative Cloud software available at UNCG includes the following (not a comprehensive list):

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
  • Adobe Acrobat Distiller
  • Adobe Animate
  • Adobe Bridge
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Adobe Premiere Rush


*Caveat about using Adobe Creative Cloud cloud storage: The online storage provided is associated with your UNCG Adobe account. This means that if you leave UNCG (e.g. a student graduates, a faculty/staff leaves UNCG), any files that were stored in that space are deleted and not recoverable. For this reason, ITS recommends not using Adobe Creative Cloud storage space as primary storage space (restrict to using as temporary space for accessing files from different locations).


Eligibility

UNCG students, faculty, and staff have access to Adobe Creative Cloud software, for academic and work-related purposes only.

There are two types of licenses:


Access

All current UNCG faculty, staff, and students have a UNCG Adobe Creative Cloud Enterprise ID that they can use to access Creative Cloud applications in ITS-managed classrooms.

In addition, UNCG faculty, staff, and student workers (with supervisor approval) can request a user license that will allow access to Creative Cloud software on computers used for UNCG business.

Labs and Classrooms

Shared-license software installed on computers in ITS-managed classrooms is available to any UNCG student, faculty, or staff. (Non-ITS-managed labs and classrooms, managed by individual departments, may or may not have Adobe Creative Cloud software installed.)

To access:

  1. Locate and open the application you wish to use.
  2. Sign into Adobe when prompted, choosing the option to Sign in with Enterprise ID. See Adobe Creative Cloud: Sign In for detailed instructions.

Note: Due to licensing restrictions, Adobe CC software on computers in ITS-managed labs and classrooms cannot be accessed remotely.

Computers Used for UNCG Business (Faculty and Staff Only)

Using an individual user license, faculty and staff can install Creative Cloud software on computers used for UNCG business.

To access:

  1. Obtain a user license.
  2. Download and install software.
  3. Locate and open the application you wish to use.


Start Learning

The Adobe Help Center contains many tutorial and instructional videos on Creative Cloud applications. The following links are for some of the most-utilized applications:

link to Acrobat DC training
link to Acrobat Sign training
link to Acrobat Animate training
link to Acrobat Bridge training

link to Acrobat Dreamweaver training
link to Acrobat Illustrator training
link to Acrobat InDesign training
link to Acrobat Photoshop Lightroom training

link to Acrobat Photoshop training
link to Acrobat Premiere Pro training


The Help Center also contains links to support community forums and much more.  


Helpful Links

Additional Creative Cloud articles:

Adobe resources: