Our 3rd Annual Adobe August Month was a hit with the WCM community, bringing in 105 attendees who wanted to learn more about the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. Since we began offering licenses to WCM faculty, staff, and students three years ago, Adobe August has become a means to help beginners become familiar with the Creative Cloud interface, and understand the basics of simple graphic and web design, and video editing.
If you missed this year’s Adobe August, don’t worry – we’ve got you covered!
Sherisse Brown, Education & Outreach Coordinator at the Wood Library, instructs attendees on using Acrobat DC.
How do I get Creative Cloud?
ITS offers licensing for the Adobe Creative Cloud suite to WCM faculty, staff, and students with a legitimate business need at no additional cost. Check out our instructions on requesting a license on the ITS website. If you need a personal license at a discounted price, go to our OnTheHub site and register an account using your WCM email address; other discounted software is available here, too!
Are there any online tutorials I can watch to learn how to use Creative Cloud?
Yep! Here are some of the helpful tutorials and guides we shared with our attendees:
- Acrobat DC: Getting started with Acrobat DC
- Photoshop: Edit your first photo in Photoshop
- InDesign: How to make a flyer
- Illustrator: Draw with shapes, lines, and color
There is also a plethora of online courses on Lynda.com and Skillsoft that are free for anyone with a WCM CWID and password.
Will you be doing Creative Cloud demos again?
While Adobe August is a once-a-year event, we do offer short demos of these tools at Tech Tuesday sessions throughout the year. Make sure you check our Tech Tuesday schedule on the ITS website, WCM Events Calendar, and our Twitter account.
If attending Tech Tuesday doesn’t fit your schedule, our ITS Training team offers basic overviews of the aforementioned Creative Cloud applications. If your department is interested in learning more about these tools, send an email to its-training@med.cornell.edu with your request.
For more in-depth instruction, there are several organizations that offer full-day or multi-day workshops in the city. Places like General Assembly offer a number of Creative Cloud-focused courses. Note that these courses are not affiliated with WCM and require a fee.