Austin Community College is FIRST community college in the nation designated an Adobe Creative Campus.
Adobe Creative Cloud is available to ACC faculty, staff, and students at no-to-minimal cost. This suite of products gives you unlimited access to industry-leading creation tools for graphic design, video editing, and web development such as Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, Premiere Pro, Express and more. With Adobe Creative Cloud, you get access the latest updates, new features, apps, and services as soon as they are released.
ACC faculty, staff, and all currently enrolled ACC students are eligible to utilize Adobe Creative Cloud products.
Faculty and Staff: Adobe Creative Cloud is available to full-time staff and faculty at no cost.
Students: ACC students currently enrolled in courses that require the use of Adobe Creative Cloud are eligible to purchase licenses at a substantial discount of $10 per semester. All other currently enrolled ACC students can purchase a semester-based license for $50 per semester.
Please note: Students must have claimed their official ACC email address before attempting to purchase Adobe at a discount rate.
Learn more about license discounts & pricing tiers, based on your type of usage:
ACC students currently enrolled in courses that require the use of Adobe Creative Cloud are eligible to purchase licenses at a substantial discount of $10 per semester. Click here to view a list of courses that require Adobe Creative Cloud.
All other currently enrolled ACC students can purchase a semester-based license for $50 per semester.
Faculty and staff may obtain their licenses at no cost. Employee licenses must be renewed every year.
Get quick answers to common questions about Adobe Creative Cloud at Austin Community College
Yes, you may install Adobe Creative Cloud apps on personally-owned (non-ACC) devices.
For installation on ACC-owned devices, faculty and staff should submit a TDX Helpdesk Ticket or contact the ACC Technical Support Assistance Help Desk at 512-223-TECH (8324) or via email [email protected].
Students who are enrolled in a course that requires Adobe Creative Cloud should automatically see the $10 price in the Kivuto store. Students eligible for the discounted rate are updated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. If the $10 price is not available in the Kivuto store, students should first confirm that they have waited until the update cycle after registering for the course. If the waiting period has lapsed and the discounted rate is still not available, students should contact their instructor before purchasing an Adobe license.
Students should contact Student Technology Services at [email protected] or 512-223-4636 (option 8) for any technical/purchasing issues.
For a complete list of requirements, see Adobe Creative Cloud System Requirements.
You may install Adobe Creative Cloud on multiple computers regardless of the operating system i.e. PC or Mac. However, activation is limited to two computers at a time per individual membership, and you may not use the software on these computers simultaneously.
For more information on activation and usage, see On how many computers can I use my Creative Cloud subscription?
Please note: Transferring Adobe resources from an ACC Adobe account to a personal Adobe account must be done while you are still an active student or employee. This process is not possible once you are an inactive user.
Yes. Austin Community College has an enterprise agreement (“ETLA”) with Adobe. Because of this benefit, individual Creative Cloud subscribers can terminate their contracts and not be charged a termination fee. The auto-renew process of individual subscriptions is entirely separate from your enterprise agreement. Thus each individual will have to contact Adobe on behalf of him/herself.
Contact Adobe Support and be certain to inform the support agent that you are a student or employee at Austin Community College, and you are provided Adobe Creative Cloud by your institution. You can call them at 800-833-6687 (option #2), give the Adobe the email address associated with the renewal, and they will take care of it. Please ask them for a reference number in regards to this cancellation. Adobe Support will only help you cancel your existing subscription. To subscribe under ACC’s license, you will need to follow the directions above in the “How do I get this software?” section.
Please note that you will not be able to get any type of pro-rated refund.
“Adobe Stock is a service that provides designers and businesses with access to millions of high-quality curated and royalty-free photos, videos, illustrations, vector graphics, 3D assets, and templates for all their creative projects.” — FAQ | Adobe Stock Basics
In other words, Adobe Stock allows faculty, staff, and students to access and use stock images, video, templates, and other digital assets.
As part of your license to Adobe Creative Suite through ACC, you have access to download and use Adobe Stock assets in your course materials, projects, and assignments, as well as other marketing, recruitment, etc. projects as part of the College.
Note: Only assets that are listed as “Free” are available to ACC employees and students. To filter based on free assets, click the drop-down next to the search box and select “Free.” When viewing the search results, you can then filter the results based on photo, video, etc.
From any web browser, visit https://stock.adobe.com to browse, search, and filter stock assets based on your interests & needs.
Adobe Stock includes both free and premium assets. To filter based on free assets, click the drop-down next to the search box and select “Free.” When viewing the search results, you can then filter the results based on photo, video, etc.
ACC’s Adobe Creative Campus partnership allows users to download and utilize any free Adobe Stock assets.
Once an asset has been selected from https://stock.adobe.com, follow the prompts to license a free asset.
Yes! To view the Adobe Stock assets that have already been redeemed by the College, visit stock.adobe.com and login. Click your profile icon in the upper right corner of the page. Within the dropdown menu, click License History to view all assets that have been previously licensed to the College. Use the search bar at the top of the page to search available assets. Click on an asset’s ID# to re-download the asset for free.
There are 2 different licensing options when using assets from Adobe Stock, standard and extended. The licensing option that you need will depend on what you plan to do with the asset. Official documentation about Adobe Stock licensing can be found on Adobe’s website.
3D model, light, and material assets in Adobe Stock are optimized for use in Adobe Dimension in the MDL file format. However, there are certain factors to consider when using these assets in both Dimension and other third-party 3D apps. For more information about these file types, visit FAQ | Adobe Stock Basics.
See below for guidance on how to get Adobe Creative Cloud, as an ACC Student or Employee:
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Visit the ACC Web Store (Kivuto)
Users will log in to the ACC Web Store (Kivuto) to view available offerings and purchase their license.
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Select Adobe Creative Cloud
Once in the ACC Web Store (Kivuto) , click on the “Adobe Creative Cloud” icon.
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Add to Cart & Complete Your Purchase
Click “Add to Cart” then proceed with completing your purchase of your license.
After completing your purchase, access your orders by clicking on your name in the top right corner of the page and selecting “Your Account/Orders”. Click on “View Details” under the Adobe purchase and then click the Install button to download “Adobe Creative Cloud”.
Once the Creative Cloud application is installed on your computer, open the application and click Install next to any of the Adobe products you wish to install on your computer.
See below for resources for ACC Students & Employees who need additional assistance with Adobe Creative Cloud:
For assistance in purchasing/redeeming your Adobe license, please contact Student Technology Services.
For technical support with installing or troubleshooting Adobe products on a personal device (computer, tablet, mobile device), please contact Adobe Customer Support.
For assistance in purchasing/redeeming your Adobe license, please email ACC Adobe Support ([email protected]).
For technical support with installing or troubleshooting Adobe products on an ACC-owned device, please contact IT Services by submitting a TDX ticket.
For technical support with installing or troubleshooting Adobe products on a personal device (computer, tablet, mobile device), please contact Adobe Customer Support.
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