Adobe Creative Cloud for students
Concordia University provides eligible students with access to Adobe Creative Cloud, a suite of professional creative applications used for graphic design, photography, video production, digital publishing, illustration, web design and other creative projects.
Creative Cloud applications support students in developing digital skills and creating high-quality academic, creative and professional work.
Applications
Adobe Creative Cloud includes a wide range of industry-standard applications, including:
- Photoshop – Create and edit images, graphics and digital artwork.
- Illustrator – Create vector illustrations, logos and visual designs.
- InDesign – Design layouts for publications, portfolios, reports and digital documents.
- Premiere Pro – Edit and produce professional-quality videos.
- After Effects – Create motion graphics, animations and visual effects.
- Adobe Lightroom – Organize, edit and enhance digital photographs.
- Dreamweaver – Design and develop websites and web content.
Services
- Adobe Portfolio – Quickly and simply build a website to showcase your creative work.
- Adobe Stock Images – Access to Adobe Stock standard photos, vectors and illustrations.
- Team Projects – An online collaboration service that allows editors and motion graphics artists to work simultaneously in shared team projects.
Who can use it?
Access is available to active students registered in eligible courses where Adobe Creative Cloud applications are required, as determined by faculties and departments.
How much does it cost?
There is no cost associated with the service.
How to get it
Students in the departments below are eligible for a license for the duration of their course.
Students must be registered for a Production Class. For more information, please contact the Journalism undergraduate program assistant.
Student must be enrolled in MA, PhD or be an active Research Assistant.
Fill out this form and include a brief description of your project/need, the name of the instructor, and the course number. For internships, thesis, or research projects, please include the name of your supervisor.
Students in other departments can fill out this form to request a license.
Provide this information in the request so we can confirm your eligibility:
- Your student netname and ID
- Your name
- Your Concordia student email address
- The name and number of the course for which you need to use a license.
- Describe how the license will support your studies for the specific course, emphasizing the academic use.
If any of the required information is missing, your request will not be considered.
Adobe Creative Cloud license requests for personal or commercial purposes will be refused.
Licenses are allocated based on academic use and need.
After you receive confirmation from your department or IITS that your Adobe Creative Cloud license has been assigned:
- Visit the Adobe Creative Cloud website.
- Click on ‘Sign in’ button.
- Login using your netname in this format: your_netname@live.concordia.ca.
- The secondary login is your student netname and password.
- Install and download each individual Creative Cloud application as needed.
The various applications can be downloaded and installed on up to two devices, and the license is valid for the duration of the course.
- your_netname@live.concordia.ca.
- student netname and password.
Service availability
24/7
Documentation
See the minimum requirements for Adobe Creative Cloud.
An Adobe Creative Cloud licence includes 100 GB of Adobe Document Cloud Storage for your Adobe files. This storage is available only while your Adobe license is active.
It is your responsibility to download and back up any files stored in Adobe Storage before your Adobe account becomes inactive. Your account becomes inactive when your Adobe licence is removed, usually at the end of the course for which the licence was assigned.
Once your account becomes inactive, you will no longer be able to access or download files stored in Adobe Document Cloud. You will not receive a reminder to back up your files before access is removed and the files are permanently deleted.
Concordia University and Instructional and Information Technology Services (IITS) are not responsible for the loss or deletion of files stored in Adobe Storage.
Option 1: Download files manually (if you have a small number of files)
Creative Cloud files and folders
- Sign in to your university Adobe account and go to https://assets.adobe.com/files.
- Download individual files or folders (folders are downloaded as .zip files).
- Save the downloaded files to a secure location, such as:
- Your personal computer
- An external hard drive
- A personal cloud storage service
Cloud documents (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, etc.)
- Go to https://assets.adobe.com/cloud-documents or open the file from inside the app.
- Use the app’s “Download” / “Save a copy” / “Export” option to save a local copy and then store it wherever you prefer.
Option 2: Adobe Student File Transfer (recommended for large amounts of content)
This option is the fastest way to transfer a large number of files from your university Adobe account to a personal Adobe account.
- Go to https://filetransfer.adobe.com and sign in with your university Adobe account.
- Select Transfer your school files.
- Follow the prompts to copy your files from your university Adobe account to your personal Adobe account.
- For detailed instructions, see Adobe's guide: https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/enterprise/using/using-student-file-transfer.html.
FAQ
Yes, your license permits for the software to be installed on two devices. An error message will occur if you attempt to sign in on a third device, asking you to log out.
First make sure you have a license and login in with the correct credentials:
- your_netname@live.concordia.ca
- Student netname and password
If you still require assistance, open a ticket with the IT Service Desk.
Yes, please consult the Adobe Creative Cloud for Faculty & Staff.
It is your responsibility to download and back up any files stored in Adobe Storage before your Adobe account becomes inactive. Your account becomes inactive when your Adobe licence is removed, usually at the end of the course for which the licence was assigned.
While your Adobe license is still active, you can download your files and folders manually or use Adobe Student File Transfer. Instructions for both methods are available above in the Documentation section under Download and transfer of Adobe Files.
For more information, see Adobe’s File Transfer FAQ:
https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/enterprise/using/student-file-transfer-faq.html