Overview
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) on behalf of the university centrally licenses Adobe software for most of the University community to use. Access to the software requires the use of your individual U of I account and you must request a license by submitting a license request form here: Article - Adobe Applications Self-Ser....
Information on how to log into these software packages can be found on the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application page.
The license includes Adobe Creative Cloud Pro for Education, which offers a comprehensive suite of applications like Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and many others. Students will receive their software notice prior to the start of their classes. This license is provided to the following groups.
- All benefited staff and faculty are eligible for Adobe Creative Cloud licenses, but are not automatically licensed, Instead staff can self enroll themselves by submitting a request which will assign them a license. Information on this process can be found by visiting the Staff Adobe licensing Knowledge Base.
- Students taking specific courses where access to Adobe CC is required for coursework. If you are a faculty member teaching a course that needs Adobe CC and is not listed, submit a ticket to see if the course can be added here: Software Support Service
- AGED 4030 Workshop: Comm Squad
- AGED 4040 Special Topics: Photography
- ARCH 2530 Architectural Design I
- ARCH 4540 Architectural Design: Vertical Studio
- ARCH 5540 Architectural Design: Vertical Studio
- ART 1210 Integrated Design Process
- ART 1220 Art & Design Process
- ART 2160 Digital Tools
- ART 2210 Introduction to Graphic Design
- ART 2220 Introduction to Typography
- ART 2710 Introduction to Interaction Design
- ART 3210 Graphic Design: Concepts
- ART 3220 Graphic Design: Studio
- ART 3500 Intermediate/Advanced Printmaking
- ART 3700 Interact/Experience: Concepts
- ART 3730 Interaction/Experiential Design: Studio
- ART 3800 Digital Imaging
- ART 4900 BFA Art/Design Studio
- ATD 1190 Intro to Apparel and the Fashion Industry
- ATD 1230 Textiles
- ATD 2240 Apparel Construction and Assembly Processes
- ATD 2390 Digital Illustration for the Apparel Industry
- ATD 3240 Patternmaking
- ATD 3250 Digital Patternmaking & Technical Design
- ATD 3280 Experimental Construction
- ATD 3390 Apparel Technology
- ATD 4130 Portfolio Development
- ATD 4240 Apparel Design Capstone
- BIOL 3010 Undergraduate Research Lab
- BIOL 4010 Undergraduate Research Lab
- BUS 4290 Vandal Solutions
- CTE 4160 Website Design and Development
- CTE 4600 Desktop Publishing
- FTV 1220 Audio-Video Foundations
- FTV 4750 Advanced Filmmaking I
- FTV 4760 Advanced Filmmaking II
- IAD 2540 Architectural Design II
- JAMM 1220 Content Creation
- JAMM 2670 Intro to Media Design
- JAMM 2760 Video Post-Production
- JAMM 2750 Intro to Film & TV Production
- JAMM 3740 Intermediate Film & TV Production
- JAMM 4680 Advanced Media Design
- JAMM 4730 Cinematography and Lighting
- JAMM 5650 Media Production & Design
- JAMM 5750 Media Postproduction and Distribution
- THE 4750 Studies in Dramaturgy
- THE 5750 Studies in Dramaturgy
- VTD 1510 Virtual World Building 1
- VTD 1520 Virtual World Building 2
- VTD 1530 Virtual World Building 3
- VTD 1540 Virtual World Building 4
- VTD 2450 Advanced Modeling
- VTD 2460 Advanced Lighting and Materials
- VTD 2470 Intro to Scripting and Parametric Design
- VTD 2530 Virtual Design I
- VTD 2540 Virtual Design II
- VTD 2710 Cross-Reality Technology I
- VTD 2990 Directed Study
- VTD 3550 Virtual Design III
- VTD 3560 Virtual Design IV
- VTD 3720 Cross-Reality Technology 2
- VTD 4570 Capstone Design Studio I
- VTD 4580 Capstone Design Studio II
Instructions on how students install Adobe Creative Cloud on their personal machines is available here. Information on what specific applications are available in CC can be found on Adobe's website.
Affiliates and TH staff can still get access to Adobe by having their UI workstation or laptop licensed for the software. To get a device license contact your TSP so they can start the licensing process. You can submit a ticket here: Software Support Service
- Are Emeritus Faculty or Honored Retirees eligible to receive Adobe Software? No. This software is a limited paid license for the University. As such we do not have available licenses for any retiree groups.
- How many machines can I put the software on? You can install and make the software active on 2 machines with your license for you to use. You are not allowed to share this software with anyone as it would violate the licensing agreement.
- Are TH or graduate students eligible to receive Adobe software? Not at this time. We are working on a process to request licenses for TH employees or employed graduate students who need it for work. This will be limited to meet licensing requirements. Information will be posted in the Daily Register once this process is ready. Please reach out to your support team if access to this software is crucial for their work.
- Will CC still be available in student labs? For now we still have desktop licenses available for Student Labs.
- How do we install the software? Instructions on installing the software can be found here.
- Can we purchase Adobe software for people who are not eligible for the University license? Any software purchase should go through OIT Procurement by submitting a request. Make sure to work with your support team as we may have other options available at no cost. Software should not be purchased on a PCard.
- What information can be stored on Adobe Creative Cloud? Data can be stored on the University managed Adobe Creative Cloud service which does not exceed 'Moderate Risk' For more information on this visit the 'Approved Storage Locations' article.