Boston University provides a university license for Adobe Creative Cloud free of charge for all Undergraduate students and faculty. You may request (or renew) your free Adobe Creative Cloud license through BU’s IS&T website.
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Adobe Education Exchange provides a wealth of curriculum resources and assignments for both instructors and students to get started with this suite.
The Adobe Creative Cloud (ACC) is a suite of software and web-based applications used in professional settings, and especially in higher education. The suite includes a variety of individual programs, which allow you to work on post production of audio, video, 3D animations, etc. An ACC license also provides access to cloud storage and asset management between the various applications.
BU DL&I’s Digital Multimedia Common provides a series of tutorials for the variety of tools offered through ACC, some of which are below.
The Boston Public Library (BPL) offers free access to Lynda.com with a BPL library card. Lynda.com is your one-stop shop for high quality video tutorials on a variety of digital platforms.
Getting started with Adobe Creative Cloud
- Overview of all Adobe Products: The variety of Adobe CC tools offered could become overwhelming, and that’s normal! Not everyone knows how to use and implement all these tools, so you’d want to do some research before choosing the right tool for you and your students. This 10-min. video offers an overview of all the ACC tools available, so you can make the right decision.
- Instructions for logging into Adobe CC: Logging into Adobe CC can become confusing at first. This page offers step-by-step instructions on how to log into your Adobe CC account through your BU username and password.
- Adobe Support Site: Adobe’s support site provides a wealth of resources on all Adobe tools.
Video Production and Post-Production with Adobe Creative Cloud
Audio Production and Post-Production with Adobe Creative Cloud
Creating Graphics and Visuals with Adobe Creative Cloud
Creating Animations with Adobe Creative Cloud
- Animating Still Photos: This 3-part resource (part 1, part 2, part 3) from BU’s EdTech provides tips on animating your still images.
- Adobe Animate: This Adobe page provides a comprehensive set of resources and short videos on working with Adobe Animate for beginners and experienced users.
Creating Interactive webpages with Adobe Creative Cloud
- Adobe Spark: Spark provides opportunities and tools to make interactive Spark pages (webpages), social media posts, newsletters, etc. Through Adobe Spark, you may design short, interactive syllabi, multimodal assignments, etc.