Adobe Creative Cloud Apps
Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) is a web-based service that allows customers to download many of Adobe’s most popular Creative Suite applications and cloud services via a cloud server.
How to Get or Use This Software
Log in to Your Adobe Creative Cloud Account - KB article
- Open the Adobe Creative Cloud application from your computer, or visit the Adobe Account Login page using web browser.
- Enter your university email address in the username field: directoryID@umd.edu
- The Adobe Enterprise Login page may open. If the Adobe Enterprise Login page does not open, click Sign in with an Enterprise ID.
- If prompted to Choose an Account for Page, select Enterprise Account.
- The Central Authentication Service will open. Enter your Directory ID and Password. Click Login.
Download:
Browser BasedAvailable To:
Faculty
Regular Staff
Students
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Installation Notes
If you were previously using an Adobe ID to access the Creative Cloud, then those assets will not be available with your Enterprise ID by default and you will need to use migrate those assets. The instructions below will help with that process.
Migrate Your Adobe Creative Cloud Assets (Files, Libraries, Settings)
Learn how to migrate your files and assets from an Adobe Creative Cloud personal account to an Enterprise account. Also find out how to backup your Creative Cloud assets to your desktop using the link above.
Adobe Creative Cloud applications may be downloaded through the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App. To learn how to download and install the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop, click the link for the knowledge article or view the slides below.
How to Download and Install Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop on Windows
How to Download and Install Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop on Mac
License Information
Terms & Conditions
Current Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers can access the SkyBox plugins by contacting Adobe Support.
Students, Faculty, and Staff of the University of Maryland College Park (UMD) only.
Software for the individual can be installed on machines that are owned by the individual and must be used for work-related purposes only. Software must be uninstalled by the individual after they leave the University. Software for labs must be installed on machines that are owned or leased by the University.
Security Note
The following third-party tools and apps have been vetted by the DIT Security team to ensure they meet the USM IT Standards. Vetting by the DIT Security team does not mean that UMD has an enterprise-level contract in place for these third-party tools and apps.
This list is solely for products that have been assessed by the DIT Security team. A comprehensive review requires a product to be vetted for Privacy, FERPA, ADA and Procurement. Please contact the DIT Security team to initiate or follow up on the review status.
The DIT Security team would will conduct risk assessments on cloud service providers and if the data elements used are classified as High or Restricted or if the third party application is connecting or integrated to a system that houses High or Restricted data for example (SIS or Canvas) Units or Departments that choose to outsource technology services to third-party cloud providers. Institutions must assess, and take steps to mitigate, the risk of unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification, or destruction of confidential institutional information. This USM IT Security standard only applies to third-party cloud technology service agreements for mission critical systems as well as where confidential information will be transmitted, collected, processed, stored, or exchanged with the cloud service provider.
Commensurate with the risk, request and, if available, obtain, review, and document control assessment reports performed by a recognized independent audit organization. Examples of acceptable control assessment reports include (but are not limited to): AICPA SOC2/Type2, PCI Security Standards, ISO 27001/2 Certification or FedRAMP
Both the Office of General Counsel and the Department of Procurement and Strategic Sourcing advise against accepting click-through, click wrap and similar agreements to download software and apps.
Click-through and similar agreements are binding legal contracts. Only University of Maryland (UMD) personnel with delegated signature authority (not delegated purchasing authority) are permitted to sign legal agreements on UMD's behalf. Also, most click-through agreements contain terms and conditions that UMD is prohibited by law from accepting. Instead, UMD personnel should work with their business office or Procurement team to obtain appropriate contract terms, even for free software and apps.
Extensive reviews by DIT Security have found that most free software and applications do not come with security features associated with the enterprise version. Additionally, free software is rarely free. The absence of a monetary cost is typically substituted by the vendor mining the user's data. This data may be protected by federal and state laws and regulations, USM and UMD policies, or the terms of UMD's legal agreements or both.
Refer to this list of software not recommended for use by DIT Security.