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As a result of significant changes
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in Adobe's licensing programs, especially their pricing models, Drew has had to make changes to our Adobe offerings.
Current licensing options:
While site licenses for Adobe software are available to institutions, the cost is prohibitive for the University at this time. The The licensing program available to us is the VIP license program, which allows us to receive Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions at a competitive academic price, as well as allowing for device licenses (for labs and shared computers) which are not otherwise available.
Per-User licenses::
Students:
Adobe offers discounts to students for the Creative Cloud package. Please visit http://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/buy/students.html to find out more and decide if this plan is right for you.
Faculty/Staff:
If staff or faculty can justify the need for an Adobe platform, an account will be provisioned by Instructional Technology. This Pricing for the Adobe Suite starts at $420 per user per year. This gives a single named user access to the entire Adobe Creative Cloud suite of software, which can be installed on up to two computers (a work desktop and a work/personal laptop, for instance). Single Creative Cloud applications . Creative Cloud also comes with dedicated cloud storage and the ability to synchronize preferences. A single Creative Cloud app (i.e., Acrobat Pro) can be licensed for 50% of the cost of the entire suite (for instance, if you wanted just Photoshop it would cost $210 a year). Any a year (Note that if you need more than two Creative Cloud apps, it's cheaper to buy the entire suite). Any purchase of any Creative Cloud subscription also includes Acrobat Pro for free. Pricing for the Creative Cloud Complete suite goes down as more people at Drew purchase subscriptions for the software, with price breaks at 50 and 250 users.
If users or departments choose to purchase per-user licenses of Creative Cloud, they will work with Instructional Technology who will provision the program and coordinate account creation.
Shared
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Device licenses:
Device licenses can be used for computer labs or other shared computers. They allow anyone who uses the computer to use the licensed software, but none of the Adobe Creative Cloud features such as storage, preferences synchronization, etc. Pricing for device licenses starts at $300/device/year, with additional discounts at 50 and 250 devices as well. Per-device licenses are designed for computer labs, shared computers, and any situation where a given machine needs access as opposed to a given user.
For more information, please consult the Adobe VIP Academic LIcensing Licensing Guide.
Adobe Acrobat XI Pro Licenses
University Technology supports PDF-XChange Pro as the standard PDF editor for the campus. Also note that Microsoft Office (2007 and later) and Google Docs can export to PDF with no additional software needed.
Some offices require or prefer the use of Adobe Acrobat Pro for document production as it has specific features that are not available in PDF-XChange Pro. Acrobat XI Pro can be purchased for approximately $120 as a retail license, which does not provide for upgrades and is not an annually renewed subscription. University Technology can In these situations, we can install and configure our existing licensed copies of Acrobat Pro. This will only be done upon request and consultation with the user, and may not be available in the future as described above. Users can also purchase a retail copy of Acrobat XI Pro for approximately $120. Instructional Technology will assist with the purchase of the software, but this ; however, the actual purchase will be done by the relevant individual and they will also be responsible for installing and configuring the software on their own computer. University Technology supports PDF-XChange Pro as the recognized PDF editor for the campus. Also note that Microsoft Word (2007 and later) and Google Docs can export to PDF with no additional software needed.
Alternatives:
made and paid for by the department.
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Adobe Acrobat may automatically install a plugin for Microsoft Word that utilizes Visual Basic macros. Since Drew-issued computers do not support macro functions, Word will be unusable unless the plugin is uninstalled. To uninstall the plugin: On Mac:
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Alternatives:
| Task | Alternative |
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| PDF creation/editing | We have a site license for |
| PDF-XChange Pro for creating |
| and manipulating PDFs. Microsoft Office and Google Docs can export files as PDFs. | |
| Photo editing | University Technology |
recommends the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) for basic image editing. See our post: GIMP for Image Editing. Users preparing images for the Web might also be satisfied by any one of a number of free image editing websites (Google search). Smartphone or tablet apps for image editing, many free, may also be used. These options will not be supported by UT. | |
| Video editing | Macs come with iMovie. Most smartphones come with video editing tools. |
| Please contact Instructional Technology if you're looking for free video editing |
| platforms. Users who are seriously editing video would be candidates for buying |
| a license of Adobe Premiere. |
| Web page editing |
Faculty/staff users who wish to have personal pages can now |
use Drew Domains for their web pages. |
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Procedures:
Customers Faculty/staff who have a need to purchase Adobe software, whether a Creative Cloud user or device license, or an Acrobat XI Pro license, should contact the University Technology Service Center and or who need to install our existing license of Acrobat Pro for specific purposes, should create a Technology Support Request, or call the User Experience team at (973) 408-4357, or x4357 on campus, to open a support request. They will then be contacted about purchasing and payment options.the relevant options, and to arrange payment if necessary.
Reviewed May 22, 2024