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  1. Adobe Enterprise & Teams: Administration guide
  2. Plan your deployment
    1. Basic concepts
      1. Licensing
      2. Identity
      3. User management
      4. App deployment
      5. Admin Console overview
      6. Admin roles
    2. Deployment Guides
      1. Named User deployment guide
      2. SDL deployment guide
      3. Deploy Adobe Acrobat 
    3. Deploy Creative Cloud for education
      1. Deployment home
      2. K-12 Onboarding Wizard
      3. Simple setup
      4. Syncing Users
      5. Roster Sync K-12 (US)
      6. Key licensing concepts
      7. Deployment options
      8. Quick tips
      9. Approve Adobe apps in Google Admin Console
      10. Enable Adobe Express in Google Classroom
      11. Integration with Canvas LMS
      12. Integration with Blackboard Learn
      13. Configuring SSO for District Portals and LMSs
      14. Add users through Roster Sync
      15. Kivuto FAQ
      16. Primary and Secondary institution eligibility guidelines
  3. Set up your organization
    1. Identity types | Overview
    2. Set up identity | Overview
    3. Set up organization with Enterprise ID
    4. Setup Azure AD federation and sync
      1. Set up SSO with Microsoft via Azure OIDC
      2. Add Azure Sync to your directory
      3. Role sync for Education
      4. Azure Connector FAQ
    5. Set up Google Federation and sync
      1. Set up SSO with Google Federation
      2. Add Google Sync to your directory
      3. Google federation FAQ
    6. Set up organization with Microsoft ADFS
    7. Set up organization for District Portals and LMS
    8. Set up organization with other Identity providers
      1. Create a directory
      2. Verify ownership of a domain
      3. Add domains to directories
    9. SSO common questions and troubleshooting
      1. SSO Common questions
      2. SSO Troubleshooting
      3. Education common questions
  4. Manage your organization setup
    1. Manage existing domains and directories
    2. Enable automatic account creation
    3. Set up organization via directory trust
    4. Migrate to a new authentication provider 
    5. Asset settings
    6. Authentication settings
    7. Privacy and security contacts
    8. Console settings
    9. Manage encryption  
  5. Manage users
    1. Overview
    2. Administrative roles
    3. User management strategies
      1. Manage users individually   
      2. Manage multiple users (Bulk CSV)
      3. User Sync tool (UST)
      4. Microsoft Azure Sync
      5. Google Federation Sync
    4. Assign licenses to a Teams user
    5. In-app user management for teams
      1. Manage your team in Adobe Express
      2. Manage your team in Adobe Acrobat
    6. Add users with matching email domains
    7. Change user's identity type
    8. Manage user groups
    9. Manage directory users
    10. Manage developers
    11. Migrate existing users to the Adobe Admin Console
    12. Migrate user management to the Adobe Admin Console
  6. Manage products and entitlements
    1. Manage products and product profiles
      1. Manage products
      2. Buy products and licenses
      3. Manage product profiles for enterprise users
      4. Manage automatic assignment rules
      5. Entitle users to train Firefly custom models
      6. Review product requests
      7. Manage self-service policies
      8. Manage app integrations
      9. Manage product permissions in the Admin Console  
      10. Enable/disable services for a product profile
      11. Single App | Creative Cloud for enterprise
      12. Optional services
    2. Manage Shared Device licenses
      1. What's new
      2. Deployment guide
      3. Create packages
      4. Recover licenses
      5. Manage profiles
      6. Licensing toolkit
      7. Shared Device Licensing FAQ
  7. Get started with Global Admin Console
    1. Adopt global administration
    2. Select your organization
    3. Manage organization hierarchy
    4. Manage product profiles
    5. Manage administrators
    6. Manage user groups
    7. Update organization policies
    8. Manage policy templates
    9. Allocate products to child organizations
    10. Execute pending jobs
    11. Explore insights
    12. Export or import organization structure
  8. Manage storage and assets
    1. Storage
      1. Manage enterprise storage
      2. Adobe Creative Cloud: Update to storage
      3. Manage Adobe storage
    2. Asset migration
      1. Automated Asset Migration
      2. Automated Asset Migration FAQ  
      3. Manage transferred assets
    3. Reclaim assets from a user
    4. Student asset migration | EDU only
      1. Automatic student asset migration
      2. Migrate your assets
  9. Manage services
    1. Adobe Stock
      1. Adobe Stock credit packs for teams
      2. Adobe Stock for enterprise
      3. Use Adobe Stock for enterprise
      4. Adobe Stock License Approval
    2. Custom fonts
    3. Adobe Asset Link
      1. Overview
      2. Create user group
      3. Configure Adobe Experience Manager Assets
      4. Configure and install Adobe Asset Link
      5. Manage assets
      6. Adobe Asset Link for XD
    4. Adobe Acrobat Sign
      1. Set up Adobe Acrobat Sign for enterprise or teams
      2. Adobe Acrobat Sign - Team feature Administrator
      3. Manage Adobe Acrobat Sign on the Admin Console
    5. Creative Cloud for enterprise - free membership
      1. Overview
  10. Deploy apps and updates
    1. Overview
      1. Deploy and deliver apps and updates
      2. Plan to deploy
      3. Prepare to deploy
    2. Create packages
      1. Package apps via the Admin Console
      2. Create Named User Licensing Packages
      3. Manage pre-generated packages
        1. Manage Adobe templates
        2. Manage Single-app packages
      4. Manage packages
      5. Manage device licenses
      6. Serial number licensing
    3. Customize packages
      1. Customize the Creative Cloud desktop app
      2. Include extensions in your package
    4. Deploy Packages 
      1. Deploy packages
      2. Deploy Adobe packages using Microsoft Intune
      3. Deploy Adobe packages with SCCM
      4. Deploy Adobe packages with ARD
      5. Install products in the Exceptions folder
      6. Uninstall Creative Cloud products
      7. Use Adobe provisioning toolkit enterprise edition
    5. Manage updates
      1. Change management for Adobe enterprise and teams customers
      2. Deploy updates
    6. Adobe Update Server Setup Tool (AUSST)
      1. AUSST Overview
      2. Set up the internal update server
      3. Maintain the internal update server
      4. Common use cases of AUSST   
      5. Troubleshoot the internal update server
    7. Adobe Remote Update Manager (RUM)
      1. Release notes
      2. Use Adobe Remote Update Manager
    8. Troubleshoot
      1. Troubleshoot Creative Cloud apps installation and uninstallation errors
      2. Query client machines to check if a package is deployed
  11. Manage your Teams account
    1. Overview
    2. Update payment details
    3. Manage invoices
    4. Change contract owner
    5. Change your plan
    6. Change reseller
    7. Cancel your plan
    8. Purchase Request compliance
  12. Renewals
    1. Teams membership: Renewals
    2. Enterprise in VIP: Renewals and compliance
  13. Manage contracts
    1. Automated expiration stages for ETLA contracts
    2. Switching contract types within an existing Adobe Admin Console
    3. Value Incentive Plan (VIP) in China
    4. VIP Select help
  14. Reports & logs
    1. Audit Log
    2. Assignment reports
    3. Content Logs
  15. Get help
    1. Contact Adobe Customer Care
    2. Support options for teams accounts
    3. Support options for enterprise accounts
    4. Support options for Experience Cloud

Applies to enterprise.


For administrators


For students & educators

The creative apps in Adobe Creative Cloud empower students and educators to develop powerful presentations, photography, illustrations, movies and videos, and web applications. Integrating Adobe Creative Cloud with Blackboard LMS provides students and educators with quick and easy access to their creative work. Students and educators can access their Creative Cloud apps within Blackboard and use them to create and complete their assignments.

Integrate Adobe Creative Cloud with Blackboard Learn

For administrators

As the institution’s or school district’s IT admin, you must integrate Blackboard with Adobe Creative Cloud for your educators and students to be able to access Adobe applications within Blackboard. Once the integration is done, the educators and students can easily find and access their Creative apps within their Blackboard courses.

You can integrate Adobe Creative Cloud into two sections within Blackboard Learn: Books and Course Tools and System Tools.

Before you begin with the integration, ensure the following:

  • Adobe Creative Cloud licenses are deployed to student and faculty users in your institution.

Watch these short videos on integrating Adobe Creative Cloud with Blackboard Learn:

As an Administrator, you can easily add Adobe Creative Cloud to Books and Course Tools with just a few clicks as outlined below:

  1. Log in to Blackboard Learn using Admin credentials.

  2. Click Admin from the navigation menu to access Administrator Tools > Cloud Management > Partner Cloud Settings.

    Administrator tools

  3. Adobe Creative Cloud is listed under Configure and Activate Partners Available Through the Partner Cloud.

    Partner Cloud Settings

  4. Under Content and Tools, click the toggle button to ON. This action installs Adobe Creative Cloud integration under the Course placement.

  5. To verify, go to Courses from the navigation menu on Blackboard Learn home page, open a course, and view the Book and Course Tools section. Click Adobe Creative Cloud to start creating.

    Click Adobe Creative Cloud

    Note:

    In Blackboard Learn Original Courses (non-Ultra), Adobe Creative Cloud integration appears under Course Management > Course Tools > Adobe Creative Cloud.

    Course tools

As an Administrator, you can add Adobe Creative Cloud to System Tools by copying the Application ID from Partner Cloud Settings, registering Adobe Creative Cloud as LTI 1.3 Tool, and creating a placement in Blackboard Learn using the steps outlined below.

  1. Log in to Blackboard Learn using Admin credentials.

  2. Click Admin from the navigation menu to access Administrator Tools > Cloud Management > Partner Cloud Settings.

    Administrator tools

  3. Adobe Creative Cloud is listed under Configure and Activate Partners Available Through the Partner Cloud. Select Settings from the drop-down list next to Adobe Creative Cloud.

    Settings

  4. Copy the Application ID that appears.

    Copy the application ID

  5. Navigate to on Admin > Administrator Tools > Integrations > LTI Tool Provider.

    LTI Tool Provider

  6. Navigate to Register LTI 1.3 Tool, paste the Application ID you copied into the Client ID field, and click Submit.

    Register LTI

  7. Review the details, use the following configurations, and click Submit:

    • Select Approved for Tool Status
    • Select all checkboxes under User Fields to Send
    • Select Yes for Allow Grade Service Access
    • Select Yes for Allow Membership Service Access
    Configure

  8. Create a Placement for the tool. Navigate to the previous page Administration Panel under LTI Tool Providers and select Placements against Adobe Creative Cloud.

    Placement

  9. Click Create Placement.

    Create placement

  10. Fill in the details as follows and click Submit:

    • Label = Adobe Creative Cloud
    • Handle = AdobeCreativeCloud
    • Availability = Yes
    • Type = System Tool
    • Launch in New Window should be deselected
    • Target Link URI = https://creativecloud.adobe.com/apps

  11. To verify, go to Tools from the navigation menu on Blackboard Learn home page. Then, click Adobe Creative Cloud to start launch.

    Verify

    Launch Adobe Creative Cloud

To configure SSO, add a secondary IdP in the Adobe Admin Console and select Blackboard in the Add Portal or Learning Management Systems for SSO screen.

How can I contact Adobe Customer Care with an issue not covered here?

Contact your IT Admin who can navigate to the Support tab in the Admin Console to contact Adobe Customer Care. Learn more.

Sign in and access Adobe Creative Cloud inside Blackboard Learn

For students and educators

Once your institution's or school district's IT admin has granted you the access to use Adobe Creative Cloud within Blackboard Learn, you are ready to create high-quality creative work using the Adobe applications.

Ensure that your institution's or school district's IT admin has done the following:

  • Installed Creative Cloud integration with Blackboard Learn.
  • Granted you access to Adobe Creative Cloud.

As an Educator, you can add Adobe Creative Cloud to your course tools through Books and Course tools or through Content Market.

  1. Go to Courses from the navigation menu on Blackboard Learn home page, open a course, and view the Book and Course Tools section.

    Click Adobe Creative Cloud

  2. Click Adobe Creative Cloud to add it to your course. On the Link Information page that opens, select an appropriate Category and click Submit.

    Link information

  3. Once this step is complete, Adobe Creative Cloud appears in the course content feed. Select from the dropdown to make the tool visible to students.

    Make visible to students

Once the Partner Cloud Building Block is available and partner configured, educators have the ability to add Adobe Creative Cloud content within a course.

  1. Using the course menu, navigate to a content area to add a partner content item.

  2. Click + and select Content Market.

    Select Content Market

  3. The Content Market page appears allowing. Select the Adobe Creative Cloud content.

    Select Adobe Creative Cloud content

  4. If your IT administrator has configured Single Sign-On (SSO), you are automatically signed in to your Adobe Express account.

    If SSO is not configured, a sign-in screen appears for Adobe Express, enter your credentials and sign in.

    Sign in

  5. From the screen that appears, select a Creative Cloud product.

    After the pairing process is complete, subsequent visits to add Adobe Creative Cloud take you directly to the Adobe Creative Cloud selection page.

There are two ways to launch Adobe Creative Cloud from Blackboard Learn, from within Course content and from Tools.

  1. Click Adobe Creative Cloud from the Course content feed. Adobe Creative Cloud web opens on top of Blackboard Learn so users do not need to navigate to a new browser tab.

    Launch from inside the Course Content

    Adobe Creative Cloud

    If you are launching Adobe Creative Cloud for the first time, the following screen will appear. Select “I agree…” and click Launch.

    Launching Adobe Creative Cloud

  2. If your IT administrator has configured Single Sign-On (SSO), you are automatically signed in to your Adobe Express account.

    If SSO is not configured, a sign-in screen appears for Adobe Express, enter your credentials and sign in.

    Sign in

  3. If your browser blocks pop-ups, click the pop-up blocker icon, and select Always allow pop-ups for this site.

    Allow pop-up

  1. Click Tools on the left sidebar.

    Click tools

  2. Click Adobe Creative Cloud from within the Tools section.

  3. If your IT administrator has configured Single Sign-On (SSO), you are automatically signed in to your Adobe Express account.

    If SSO is not configured, a sign-in screen appears for Adobe Express, enter your credentials and sign in.

    Sign in

  4. If your browser blocks pop-ups, click the pop-up blocker icon, and select Always allow pop-ups for this site.

    Allow pop-up

  • I cannot see Adobe Creative Cloud within Blackboard Learn.

    Contact your institution's or school district's IT admin. The admin must first install Adobe Creative Cloud inside Blackboard Learn and give you licensed access to use Adobe Creative Cloud.

  • What are Adobe's policies on data privacy?

    To learn how Adobe complies with laws, regulations and best practices related to the privacy of student data visit Adobe Privacy Center.

  • How can I contact Adobe Customer Care with an issue not covered here?

    Contact your institution’s or school district’s IT Admin. For more help, they can navigate to the Support tab in the Admin Console to contact Adobe Customer Care. Learn more.

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