Adobe CC

[kennysarmy]

What are the latest options regards licencing Adobe CC for use in schools in terms of allocating to specific devices for any user to use or for allocating to specific users?

[Aprice]

I have reluctantly moved over to shared device licencing, Shared Device licencing also requires users to login which is annoying. I wish the serialisation method still worked for the new products, SDL is just a pain in the neck.

[ricki]

Many would agree with you.

[kennysarmy]

Named users is coming out at about £6,500 per year!

 

Great use of public money! They do realise we're training kids up in their applications and not making any money out of it!!!

[DrBeaker]

Named users is coming out at about £6,500 per year!

 

Great use of public money! They do realise we're training kids up in their applications and not making any money out of it!!!

Someone wiser than me said... "Are we teaching them to use Photoshop, or teaching them photo-editing skills?"

 

I thought that was a very apt point.

[paulkerton]

Named users is coming out at about £6,500 per year!

Great use of public money! They do realise we're training kids up in their applications and not making any money out of it!!!

 

This is why you should consider alternatives, always.

Schools are there to teach them concepts and not applications. If Adobe don't want to play ball with costs, then there are other platforms that are available to teach these concepts.

For example, Photopea, GIMP or Pixlr E instead of Photoshop.

WeVideo, DaVinci Resolve and Kdenlive instead of Premiere Pro.

Gravit Designer, CorelDRAW or Inkscape instead of Illustrator.

Edited September 14, 2020 by paulkerton

[Davit2005]

I echo that that is the concept. Whilst in 6th form, FE and HE students may be at an advantage of working with industry used software I don't think that is the case until that stage.

[paulkerton]

I echo that that is the concept. Whilst in 6th form, FE and HE students may be at an advantage of working with industry used software I don't think that is the case until that stage.

I'd agree with that, but that's where the transferrable skills come in!

[DrBeaker]

We're still looking at Serif Affinity Photo to be honest.

 

The feedback from our Art teacher last year was positive on the trial we got from Serif (Adobe never bothered to get back to us).

Annoyingly that teacher left now I have to do it all over again. [emoji23]

[Chris_Cook]

We've used serif in the past (for IT lessons) and been happy with it.

 

I believe LGFL schools have some sort of deal for adobe, user licences based on the type of school. Not sure where you're based.

 

There are good alternatives, but it all depends on the teachers training and willingness to try something else.

 

There's also the issue of not providing adobe and all your potential students going to the college or 6th form down the road that does.

[paulkerton]

There's also the issue of not providing adobe and all your potential students going to the college or 6th form down the road that does.

Then Adobe should be paying schools, not the other way around.

Skills not tools.

[DrBeaker]

Isn't this the same as this example?

 

What app would you use to type a letter - A Word processor program

Give an example of an app like this - Microsoft Word.

 

I know Adobe Photoshop is the world leader/number 1 product I'm not going to disagree there. But that's a bit like us techies saying we can't use a Phillips screwdriver as we prefer a flathead/slotted screwdriver - even though the flathead screwdriver could fit in the phillips screw (probably not the best example)

 

It's teaching the the principle and skills surely, not teaching the application itself? Otherwise we could make money doing Photoshop courses on an evening