Adobe Creative Cloud Software

What is Adobe Creative Cloud?

The Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of 20+ professional-level software apps for photography, video, design, web, UX, and social media. The entire suite is free through our subscription for students, faculty, and staff.

Requesting an Adobe LicenseInstalling Adobe Creative Cloud

Important Information:

  1. Only full time students and those that pay the IT Technology Fee and Faculty/Staff are entitled for the Adobe CC Software license.
  2. Licensing is provisioned on per semester basis. Students enrolled in consecutive semesters may need to request a new license if they experience difficulties accessing their Adobe products.
  3. Students are encouraged to migrate their Adobe assets to a personal account as soon as possible after graduation. Please see the following FAQ from Adobe: https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/enterprise/using/migrate-student-assets.html

STEP 1: Request a license for Adobe Creative Cloud

To request a license for Adobe Creative Cloud, send an email to ITS at 5555@algonquincollege.com or call the ITS Service Desk at ext. 5555. We ask that you provide the following information:

For Students:

  1. First and last name
  2. Student number
  3. Algonquin College email address
  4. Which program you are enrolled in

For Faculty/Staff:

  1. First and last name
  2. Algonquin College email address

Your request will take up to two (2) business days for the license to be assigned to you.

Once the request is processed, you will receive an email notification from Adobe to your college email.

STEP 2: Sign-in Using Your Algonquin Credentials

Open the email you received from Adobe and click “Get Started”. You will be redirected to the Adobe website.

  1. Select “Company or School Account” (if you are not already signed in, you will be taken to the Algonquin College Single Sign On page to log in)
  2. Enter your Algonquin credentials
  3. Once logged in, in the menu on the right under your name, you will see a link to Install the Creative Cloud App or you can select the individual applications you want to install

STEP 3: Installing the Desktop Application & Software

  1. Visit the Creative Cloud Download webpage
  2. The Creative Cloud installer should automatically prompt to download, or download automatically
  3. Run/open the Creative Cloud installer and follow the prompts
  4. Once installed, the program should open.
    If it doesn’t, look for the Creative Cloud icon in your taskbar and double click it to open
  5. Log into your Adobe account if prompted
  6. Navigate to the All Apps tab in the application
  7. Click Install on any programs you wish to install on your computer

You can install the Creative Cloud Application on as many computers as you wish, but can only run Adobe software concurrently on two computers at a time.