Adobe Rush
Today, I attended Adobe’s “Academic Videos and Podcasts with Adobe Rush.” Rush looks to be an alternative to Screenflow, Camtasia, or iMovie for students, faculty, and staff to create video content. Audio content is possible too (rather than using Audacity). This may be a good tool to promote.
Materials from today’s session are here. A badge/credential, through the creation of a video, is available.
(I also got Dreamweaver to finally work by using Adobe CC Cleaner)
Adobe Creative Cloud: Student Licenses
- Previously, all DePaul students had automatic access to the Adobe Creative Cloud Software (Acrobat DC, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, etc.).
- Now, DePaul students have access to install Adobe Creative Cloud on their personal computer if they are enrolled in a DePaul class that requires Adobe Creative Cloud use.
Faculty can request access for the classes that they teach:
Please contact your college office class scheduler to flag your class that require Adobe Creative Cloud, once it is flagged in the class scheduler, DePaul has a process in place to add those students to give them access to Adobe Creative Cloud at home license for that quarter.
Course schedulers add the attribute ‘ADOB’ to the class.
Upcoming Technology Updates and Offerings
Information Services recently shared information on upcoming technology updates and offerings. I think this is worth repeating here:
Information Services is pleased to remind you that when you come back on campus for the fall quarter, our labs and classrooms will be upgraded with Office 2013 and the Adobe Creative Cloud software suite. Macintosh computers in the classroom and lab environments will remain with Office 2011 for Mac, but will receive the same Adobe Creative Cloud software upgrades as the Windows computers.
The Office 2013 suite will include the 2013 editions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, OneNote, Visio, Project, and Publisher. This upgrade will bring some new features in Office 2013 which you can read about here http://go.depaul.edu/office2013.
The Adobe Creative Cloud upgrade will bring us the latest edition of popular Adobe software titles. Some of the included titles are: Adobe Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, Audition, Fireworks, Illustrator, InDesign and Lightroom. This upgrade brings continued enhancements to this collection of graphic design, video editing, web design and photography tools. For more information regarding the Adobe applications, please visit http://tv.adobe.com.
We have also updated courseware offerings in the labs and classrooms. To find out which software versions will be available in the labs and classrooms, please visit http://software.depaul.edu.
Additionally, Information Services is pleased to announce that Lynda Campus is now available for all DePaul faculty, staff and students. Lynda Campus provides unlimited access to a vast online library of instructional videos covering the latest software, creative, and business skills. Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, social media, web design, animation, photography, audio and video production, project management, and a wide range of other topics are covered. With Lynda campus, you can watch full courses or small segments of courses at your own pace. For more information about Lynda Campus please visit http://software.depaul.edu/training.
If you have any questions, need help, or would like additional information on these upgrades, please feel free to contact softwarerequest@depaul.edu.
Adobe Creative Cloud Resources
Josh Luttig, my colleague in Information Services, just shared these Adobe Creative Cloud resources with me:
- Adobe Education Exchange (free tutorials and professional development): http://edex.adobe.com
- Adobe TV (tons of free videos) http://tv.adobe.com
- More learning tutorials: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/learn/tutorials.html
DePaul has a great deal, where staff and faculty can use Adobe CC on home machines for only $10 a year. Work computers have Adobe CC installed for free. More information can be found here:
software.depaul.edu