• Templates and Quick Actions: Adobe Express offers access to Adobe stock images, videos and fonts, along with thousands of professionally designed templates for presentations, posters, videos, flyers, and more. Quick Actions allow you to make simple edits like resizing, removing a background, creating a QR code, or converting a video to a GIF with a single click and without a steep learning curve.
• Real-time Collaboration: Adobe Express allows for real-time collaboration, so multiple users can work on the same project simultaneously from different devices. This feature facilitates group projects, promotes teamwork, communication, and shared problem-solving.
• Cross-Platform Access: Projects automatically sync across the web and mobile apps, allowing for seamless creation from anywhere. Students can start a project in the classroom and finish it at home or on the go. This flexibility supports various learning styles and schedules.
• Video and Animation Features: Create dynamic videos by adding text, images, and audio to a simple timeline. Animate characters and add special effects to bring your content to life. This helps students develop storytelling and public speaking skills in a modern, engaging format.
• Generative AI Tools: The tool is integrated with Adobe Firefly generative AI, which allows users to create unique images and text effects from simple text prompts. All AI-generated content is designed with responsible use and safety in mind. Encourage students to use the text-to-image feature to create visual aids for a history report or design a creative title for a short story. This can spark imagination and help students explore new ways of communicating ideas. 

In today’s digital environment, it is imperative that students and faculty both keep up their digital skills. Students need to be able to show potential employers that they can work in a digital world and faculty need to be able to keep up with new technology and share that knowledge with students.  Here are a few key benefits for faculty and students:

• Adobe Express templates make it easy for faculty to create visually appealing presentations, graphics and multimedia content for their courses. These resources live online and can be accessed from any location, on any device, at any time.
• Adobe Express can help faculty align assignments with learning outcomes such as digital literacy, critical thinking, storytelling and persuasive writing.
• Adobe Express has seamless integration in Canvas and Microsoft software.
• Grading is more interesting when students have the ability to create multimedia content to prove what they have learned.
• Research shows that students take more pride in their work when learn and use creative multimedia tools like Adobe Express.
• Adobe Express helps students build career-ready skills and improve collaboration with their peers.

1. To activate your account, visit the Adobe Account Activation site. Review the options. If you are new to Adobe, choose Adobe Express. Make sure you use your UTSA email to log in. Students will also have to activate their accounts on the same site with their UTSA email. They should also choose Adobe Express.
2. Review the Adobe Modules Library or ready-to-use assignment ideas and remixable templates that you can easily adapt and share with students and visit the Adobe Education Exchange for even more ideas.
3. When you create an Adobe assignment, make sure students have good instructions, access to additional resources, and understand how to “publish” their assignment for your review. 
4. Ensure the content you and your students create is accessible to everyone. Review the Six Essentials of Digital Accessibility for valuable tips and best practices for creating accessible content.
5. Encourage your students to: 
   1. Attend Adobe Events at UTSA.
   2. Join the UTSA Adobe Student Ambassadors.
   3. Earn official badges at Adobe Digital Academy.
      1. Faculty can require students to complete the badge assignments and give them credit when they provide proof. It’s a good idea for faculty to complete the badges themselves so that they can provide good assignment instructions to their students. 
6. If you need more ideas or assistance after reviewing these resources, you can:
   1. Schedule a consultation with one of our Adobe experts.
   2. Join the Adobe Peer Network for Faculty or one of our Faculty Training Sessions.
   3. Apply for the next Adobe Express Faculty Institute.