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Create amazing work for school and beyond with Adobe products. Make the most of the free Adobe Creative Cloud account for select programs and/or Adobe Express that the university offers every student. Available to request starting July 1, 2023. Read the "To Access" section before submitting your request.
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Welcome to Adobe
Students on the University of Colorado Denver campus can request an Adobe Creative Cloud or Adobe Express license for coursework at no cost.
Specific schools and departments will be automatically enrolling students, who are required to use Adobe Creative Cloud, with a license. Those schools and departments will distribute the Creative Cloud licenses accordingly.
For student employees and work studies. If a student requires the full Adobe Creative Cloud and is not enrolled in a course that requires it, they will need a sponsoring department to submit a request through the faculty and staff webpage and provide a speedtype for the $65 annual fee.
Licenses are active for one year from July 1st through June 30th. Students are required to be enrolled in the semester to receive any of the Adobe licenses.
With Adobe Express
Adobe Express is a reduced version of Adobe Creative Cloud. The applications included in Adobe Express are:
- Premiere Rush – Shoot, edit, and share videos
- Photoshop Express – Edits and retouch images
- Spark Video – Quickly create video slideshows
- Spark Page – Turn words and images into gliding webpages
Create social media graphics, flyers, logos, posters, advertisem*nts, banners, business cards, and more. Edit photos and videos, create PDFs, and collaborate with others on your projects. Access professional, on-trend templates, photos, fonts, icons, and design assets.
With Creative Cloud
Create amazing digital media with Adobe Creative Cloud.
Access industry-leading desktop and mobile apps like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Adobe Spark, and many more. Get all the tools you need to make your presentations more compelling. Create powerful stories and data visualizations with videos, interactive PDFs, games, web content, images, digital drawings, mobile app designs, and more.
Adobe Creative Cloud is available to students who are enrolled in courses that require it as part of their program with specific schools or departments at no cost to the student.
To Access
Complete the request for Adobe Express on theOIT Service Centerportal.
(For Adobe Creative Cloud licenses please go through your sponsoring department. Licenses cannot be purchased with a procurement card or credit card.)
- Log in tohttps://servicecenter.oit.ucdenver.edu/CherwellPortal/ITusing your university credentials
- After you are logged in, selectMake a Request
- In the service catalog, selectSoftware and Applicationsand then selectAdobe
- Select the tile forAdobe Express
- Request a new license by selectingNewand complete the form
- ClickSubmit Order
Note:If you would like to cancel your license, please selectDisconnectand complete the form.
Next step after being approved for a license
When you submit the order, a service request will be created and you will receive an email with an Incident / Record ID number. Once you receive a follow-up message that you have been approved for a license, you can access the Adobe Express software by going tohttps://www.adobe.com. This email will come from Adobe so please check your Junk or Spam folder.
- ClickonSign Inat the top right-hand corner of the screen
- Type in youruniversityemail address
- Enter your university credentials at the CU Denver | Anschutz Web Login page
- Once you're logged in, clickOpenunder the Adobe logo to access the software
Training Resources
Getting Started
Details about Adobe product options and user guide information is available fromAdobe.More information can be found at:
Associated Documents
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Adobe Express Infographic .pdf
Download Adobe Express Infographic (330 KB)
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Adobe Creative Cloud Apps 2023 .pdf
Download Adobe Creative Cloud Apps 2023 (199 KB)
Frequently Asked Questions
In June 2023, CU Denver will be expanding the Adobe license options available and these new licenses will replace the current license. There will now be the choice of Adobe Express or Adobe Creative Cloud.
Current Adobe Creative Cloud users will need to ensure all data saved to the Creative Cloud is downloaded to their OneDrive or other personal storage by June 1, 2023. We strongly recommend OneDrive due to storage capacity. All data that is saved on the Creative Cloud will be lost if not downloaded to a personal device, this information will not be retrievable.
To gain access to the new Adobe license, you will need to complete the request form on the OIT Adobe tool detail webpage.
The license agreement is expiring and is not renewable. CU Denver took this opportunity to assess the needs of the campus and to renegotiate the contract based on those findings.
The account you currently use will be deleted; this includes all data stored on the Adobe Creative Cloud. Students will not automatically receive access to an Adobe license, it will need to be requested using the form on the OIT Adobe tool detail webpage. Adobe Creative Cloud requests will go through approval by administration.
No, all current licenses will expire. You will need to follow the new process to request an account. Your current account will be deleted in June 2023 and if you have data saved on the Adobe Creative Cloud Service, it will be lost. This data will be unretrievable once the current license has been transferred to the new license.
*Please download all data by June 1, 2023, and save on your OneDrive or personal device.
All current Adobe users will need to download their assets from the Adobe Creative Cloud to a university approved storage location such as OneDrive by June 1, 2023. Files left in the Adobe Creative Cloud after this date may not be accessible, even if you renew your license.Adobe instruction for manually transferring your assets is available here.
If you require additional assistance, please contact theService Deskfor help.
Adobe Express is an online and mobile app that can be used to create and edit graphics, PDFs, videos, etc.
Adobe Creative Cloudlicense is recommended for creative work, such as photography, graphic design, video, illustration, social media, and UI and UX. The apps included are Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Acrobat Pro, InDesign, After Effects, Lightroom, Adobe XD, Animate, Lightroom Classic, Dreamweaver, Dimension, Audition, InCopy, Character Animator, Capture, Adobe Fresco, Bridge, Adobe Express, Premiere Rush, Photoshop Express, Media Encoder, Aero, Adobe Scan, Fill & Sign, and Acrobat Reader.
Your school/college IT department representative will automatically sign relevant CU Denver students up for an Adobe Creative Cloud account. You will receive an email from Adobe to access your account.
All CU Denver students will receive a free Adobe Express account. You will need to request the account using the form on the OIT webpage beginning June 24th, 2023.
*Students who are enrolled in a course that requires an Adobe Creative Cloud license, will be automatically registered for an Adobe Creative Cloud account.
CU Denver students will have free access to Adobe Express or Adobe Creative Cloud, depending on their program, by requesting an account using the request form beginning June 23rd, 2023. If a student is enrolled in a course that requires it, they will receive access to Adobe Creative Cloud for that semester from the school or program.
Adobe Express will be free for CU Denver students. It is not available for faculty and staff.
Any of the Adobe products can be installed on up to 3 devices for a single license such as a work laptop, a work tablet, and a phone for the same user.
This is for one user and is not able to be shared across multiple users. Each user will need their own license and need to download to their individual devices.
For users who work on shared computers, Adobe products can be accessed via the web browser with no download needed. This is ideal for users who work in computer labs or have shared desks that rotate.
If you need assistance with installing Creative Cloud apps, follow thisAdobe YouTube video.
Please check your email to see if you have received a confirmation email from Adobe, this may be in your junk email. If you are unable to find a confirmation email from Adobe, please do not submit a new request.
If you are in a school or college please contact your IT leader (See list in corresponding FAQ for school/college IT contacts).
If you are in administration units, please contact the OIT Service Deskfor assistance.
If you are a student, pleasecontact your IT Help Desk for your School/College.
School of Education and Human Development (SEHD)
• Director of Technology and LearningBrad Hinson
• Brad.hinson@ucdenver.edu
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS)
• Interim IT Director - Kenny Sisco
• Email: clasit@ucdenver.edu
College of Engineering, Design and Computing (CEDC)
• CEDCHelp@ucdenver.edu
• Phone: 303-315-7599
• IT Manager - Julie Gallagher
• 303-315-7598
College of Arts and Media (CAM)
• CAM Help Desk
• Email: CAMIT@ucdenver.edu
• Phone: 303-315-7400 (Main)
• Office: AR 176C
• IT Manager - Nate Edwards
• Nathan.d2.edwards@ucdenver.edu
• 303-315-7474
Business School
• Business School IT HelpDesk
• Phone: 303-315-8357
• IT Manager - John Pham
• john.pham@ucdenver.edu
• (303)315-8304
College of Architecture and Planning
• IT Manager - Mike Harring
• mike.harring@ucdenver.edu
• (303)315-2883
School of Public Health
• IT Sr. Professional - Nate Lambright Dale
• Nate.lambrightdale@ucdenver.edu
• 303-315-2211
