Adobe Creative Cloud

Access

Students
All students have Adobe Express.

Students who want to use other applications besides Adobe Express in the Creative Cloud suite should visit the Digital Media Center on the lower level of Preus Library (100A) where many more applications are available.

Faculty
All faculty have access to Acrobat Pro and Adobe Express. If these are programs you do not use, please let the Technology Help Desk know and we will deactivate your license and reuse it elsewhere.

Staff
Staff can have an Acrobat Pro and/or an Adobe Express license by request. Please complete this form if you wish to have a license for these products.

The first time you use an Adobe  application on a given computer, you’ll need to sign in using your Norse Key. Choose to “Sign in with an Enterprise ID”, using your Luther email address. You’ll then be directed through the Luther Common Login portal.

Electronic signatures

Adobe Acrobat can be used to create, distribute, and track signable PDF files—Recipients can sign, even if they don’t have Acrobat. To begin, navigate to the “Fill and Sign” section within Acrobat. Check out this demo to see the feature in action or visit Adobe’s documentation or tutorials for a step-by-step guide.

Having problems? Before you contact the Technology Help Desk, here’s a quick fix for two common problems:

• If you’re having trouble opening the file within Acrobat, find the file on your computer, right-click it, and choose “Open With…” to force opening with Acrobat instead of your default PDF viewer.
• If you are able to open within Acrobat but can’t access the Fill and Sign section, make sure to choose “Enable All Features” when prompted.

More info

ITS has created some quick tutorials to get you started with Adobe Express.

Logging into Adobe Express

Express vs Canva

Importing a Canva Project to Adobe Express

Basic Editing in Adobe Express

To learn how to use applications from Adobe, we recommend Adobe’s own tutorials or LinkedIn Learning, a vast collection of how-to videos available to current Luther students, faculty, and staff.

Because Luther College is part of the Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (IAICU) Adobe ETLA, Luther faculty and staff can be assigned a Named User license which allows them to be logged in to up to 2 machines running Creative Cloud for which they are the primary user. Those who are interested in this option need to contact the Technology Help Desk.