Question
I am a student in a course which requires Adobe Creative Cloud access. How do I access Creative Cloud on my personal computer?
Answer
YSU is providing subscription access to Adobe Creative Cloud suite for students who are enrolled in the following courses. If you are not enrolled in any of these courses you will not have access on your personal device.
Note: ALL Students will still have access to Adobe Creative Cloud on all YSU owned Lab Computers where the software is installed.
Course List for Spring 2026
Art ART 1501 20021 Fundamentals of 2D Design
Art ART 1502 20022 Fundamentals of 3D Design
Art ART 1502 20023 Fundamentals of 3D Design
Art ART 4864 20032 Packaging
Art ART 2674 21400 Intro to Photography
Art ART 4802 22766 Senior Project
Art ART 4802 22767 Senior Project
Art ART 4893 22879 Adv. Digital Media/Photo Studio
Art ART 4802 23285 Senior Project
Art ART 3703 23288 Junior Portfolio Review
Art ART 3703 23289 Junior Portfolio Review
Art ART 4802 23850 Senior Project
Art ART 3703 24075 Junior Portfolio Review
Art ART 4802 24076 Senior Project
Art ART 4824 24077 Printmaking Studio
Art ART 2691 24078 Introduction to Digital Media
Art ART 3703K 24230 Junior Portfolio Review
Art ART 2626 24466 Intro to Print Litho Screenprint
Art ART 3792 24497 Video and Animation Studio
Art ART 2691 40799 Introduction to Digital Media
Art ART 4867 21577 Graphic Design Internship
Art DSGN 1529 24085 Design + 2D Drawing
Art DSGN 1531 24087 Design + Drawing as Thinking
Art DSGN 1534 24088 Design + Painting
Art DSGN 2660 24089 Design + Applications
Art DSGN 2662 24090 Design + Typography 1
Art DSGN 2663 24091 Design + Illustration 1
Art DSGN 3762 24123 Design + Typography 2
Art DSGN 3761 24124 Design + Print 2
Art DSGN 3769 24126 Design + UX/UI 1
Art DSGN 3783 24129 Design + History
Art DSGN 4869 24351 Design + UX/UI 2
Art DSGN 1532 24406 Design + Raster Images
ENGLISH & WL ENGL 4899 21455 Public & Professional Writing Senior Project
Honors Honors 3799 22120 Independent Studies
Jour Jour 3790 23915 Documentary Storytelling
MCOM MCOM 2624 23311 Communication Technology - Photo and Video
MCOM MCOM 2624 23019 Communication Technology - Photo and Video
MCOM MCOM 2685 23018 Producing
MCOM MCOM 3711 24120 Social Media Content Creation
MCOM MCOM 3871L 24363 Audio Production
MCOM MCOM 4899 23315 Senior Project
MKTG MKTG ADV 3720 23420 Introduction to Adobe
SCSIET INFO 3774 20740 Digital Image Processing
Strategic Communication & Media MCOM 2625 23017 Communication Technologies: Aesthetics & Design
Instructions for Student Access
- Students who are in the above courses will receive the following email from notifications@adobe.com. If you do not see this email in your inbox, please check that it wasn't marked as spam or junk and automatically moved to one of those folders. If for some reason you did not get this email, please inform your instructor and enter a Service Request with the YSU Service Desk. YSU ITS will work with you and your professor to resolve the access issue.
- Click the Get Started link from the email or go to www.adobe.com and click the Login Button at the top right of the screen.
- Your web browser will open to the Adobe Login page and auto fill in your email, skip to step 5.
If for some reason it does not fill in your email, goto step 4.
- Enter your YSU Penguin Portal email in the blank and click Continue
- At the Select an Account screen, choose Company or School Account.
- If you have already authenticated in your browser using your YSU Penguin Username and Password in another tab or window, you will automatically be logged in using Single Sign On (SSO). If you are not currently logged in to a YSU service that uses the YSU Penguin Username and Password, a screen will come up to enter this information and login.
- You will now be at your Adobe account profile page. From here you can download the Adobe Creative Cloud Apps and manage your online storage. All student accounts for YSU courses receive 20 GB of storage for saving projects.
