Adobe Creative Cloud

Photo/Images

Photoshop, Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Adobe Stock, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly

Graphic Design

Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Adobe Stock, Adobe Fonts

Video/Audio

Premiere Pro, Premiere Rush, After Effects, Audition, Animate, Character Animator

Acrobat & PDF

Acrobat, Scan, Fill & Sign, Adobe Express

3D & AR

Substance 3D Stager, Substance 3D Painter, Substance 3D Sampler, Substance 3D Designer, Substance 3D Modeler (PC only)

CC Services

Adobe Stock, Adobe Fonts, Behance, Portfolio, Adobe Color

For instructions on downloading Adobe Creative Cloud, visit acu.edu/adobe.

For Adobe Creative Cloud support, email adobe@acu.edu.

Adobe Acrobat Sign

Cloud-based e-signature service

Send documents to one or more persons for signature. Create web forms accessible through web links or embedded on a webpage that can to be accessed by multiple persons.

For Adobe Sign technical support or to request an Acrobat Sign license, email support@acu.edu.

For Adobe Sign instructional support, email adobe@acu.edu.

Adobe Stock

Stock media repository included in your Adobe Creative Cloud subscription

Royalty-free stock images, photos, graphics, vectors, illustrations, and templates

For Adobe Sign instructional support, email adobe@acu.edu.

Blue by Explorance

Course Evaluation Software

ACU uses Blue by Explorance to distribute and collect data for course evaluations. Faculty can check response rates during the timeframe that evaluations have been sent to students, or they can access reports for previous semesters at acu.bluera.com/acu.

For support with course evaluations, email cat@acu.edu.

Canvas

Learning Management System

ACU uses Canvas as the campus-wide learning management system, a cloud-based LMS. Canvas can be accessed in “Quicklinks” of myACU or by navigating directly to https://acu.instructure.com.

For Canvas support, visit our Canvas FAQ page or email cat@acu.edu.

Canvas Studio

Video Creation & Sharing Tool

Canvas Studio allows instructors to create videos using screen recording and/or webcam recording. Studio includes a basic editor that allows trimming the recordings or editing out portions from the middle of a recording. These videos can be shared with students or faculty, included in course content, turned into video quizzes, or track student engagement.

For Canvas Studio support, visit this Canvas Studio Help Page or email cat@acu.edu.

Google Workspace

Productivity & Collaboration Tools

Aside from Gmail, ACU faculty, staff, and students have access to Google Workspace tools, including Gmail, Contacts, Calendar, Meet, Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and more.

For Google Workspace training or best practices, email cat@acu.edu.

For Google Workspace technical support, email support@acu.edu.

LinkedIn Learning

Online Learning Platform

ACU faculty, staff, and students have unlimited access to the complete library of online training courses and skill building provided through LinkedIn Learning. To log in to LinkedIn Learning, navigate to myACU and find “LinkedIn Learning” under “Quicklinks.”

For support or questions about LinkedIn Learning, email cat@acu.edu.

Respondus LockDown Browser

Online Exam Cheating Prevention

Exams and quizzes within Canvas can add LockDown Browser to mitigate cheating, such as full-screen display that cannot be minimized, preventing access to other applications, copying and pasting anything to or from an assessment, etc. LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within Canvas.

For support or questions about LockDown Browser, email cat@acu.edu.

Nvivo

Data Analysis Software (Qualitative & Mixed Methods)

Nvivo is used for qualitative and mixed-methods research data analysis. Nvivo can be accessed on a lab computer located in the Innovation Foundry – LIB 340E (Foundry 5 Study Room) and can be reserved through the Learning Studio reservation system. Temporary licenses can also be obtained through the ACU Office of Research and Sponsored Program.

For support or questions about Nvivo, email cat@acu.edu.

Office 365

Productivity & Collaboration Tools

ACU faculty, staff, and students have access to Office 365 suite of productivity and collaboration tools, including OneDrive, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and more. 

For support or questions about Office 365, email support@acu.edu.

Qualtrics

Cloud-based Survey Tool

ACU faculty, staff, and students have access to Qualtrics, a powerful survey software that can be used to gather information for research, feedback, engagement, event registrations, etc.

For support or questions about Qualtrics, email cat@acu.edu.

SPSS

Statistical Analysis Software

SPSS is a commonly used statistical software for quantitative research. For licensing questions, contact IT Support Center.

SPSS can be accessed on a lab computer located in the Innovation Foundry – LIB 340E (Foundry 5 Study Room) and can be reserved through the Learning Studio reservation system.

For support or questions about SPSS, email cat@acu.edu.

Turnitin

Plagiarism Detection Software

Turnitin is a plagiarism-checking engine integrated into Canvas LMS that composes the student’s work into one database and checks for originality while comparing it with other internet sources. Through this, Turnitin is able to detect any plagiarism that appears on the student’s work and shows a percentage of the amount of plagiarism by color-coding matching passages, sourcing the matched cite, and allowing for direct feedback. By providing this tool to instructors nationwide, students are held more accountable for their original work as well as, a faster grading process.

For support or questions about Turnitin, email cat@acu.edu.

Zoom

Virtual Conferencing Software

Faculty, staff, and students have access to free Zoom licenses, but faculty and staff can request a Zoom upgrade with an approved ACU business need that allows you to host meetings longer than 40 minutes or with more than 300 participants.

For support or questions about Zoom or to request a Zoom Pro license, email support@acu.edu.