This is a reminder that existing licenses from the university’s previous Adobe contract will expire on Aug. 1 – meaning that Adobe Creative Cloud software licenses must be purchased for employees who use the programs within that suite – e.g. Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator and InDesign.
To be clear, Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Express are still available free of charge to everyone at the university. Express is a streamlined web app for completing many common creative tasks, and it includes a robust stock photo library, without the need to purchase a Creative Cloud license.
We have also received confirmation via Ohio State that our employees do not need to purchase a Cloud license to use Rush for editing videos because it is built into the Adobe Express for Higher Education package.
Creative Cloud license procurement. For faculty, staff and students who do need access to Creative Cloud, licenses are available for $35 per year. Campus units can purchase licenses for their faculty, staff and students through Workday and add the software through the IT self-service form. Each license must be renewed for each fiscal year.
For procurement and payment of Creative Cloud licenses for Extension employees who currently use any of the Creative Cloud software:
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Extension funds should be used to purchase Creative Cloud software licenses.
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Individual units (e.g. county offices, state program area offices, and state-level teams) will cover the cost of this for the employees within their unit. If this causes hardship, please reach out to Cheryl Buck, Extension communication manager, at buck.19@osu.edu.
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The cost for Creative Cloud software licenses should be included in each unit’s budget plans.
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Before the start of each fiscal year, it is recommended that the unit leader verify current user licenses needed and remove/do not renew licenses that exist for employees who no longer work in the unit or no longer use the software.
Once a unit has determined the number of current users for whom licenses need to be purchased, follow the Job Aid to submit the Workday requestion and then the software purchase request. If you have additional questions about how to purchase or add the software, contact the CFAES IT Service Desk at cfaesits.osu.edu/it-service-desk.
Reminder about the use of current Creative Cloud assets. By Aug. 1, if you are not purchasing a Creative Cloud license, you need to download your existing Creative Cloud assets to a new account; or you can save projects to your desktop or a cloud service for future use.