[ATTW-L] [External] Adobe and students question

[Robert Terry]

For our online students, we have licenses that cover installing it;
however, if they have equipment that can't run it, we use virtual labs so
they can remotely run the software (I believe via a version of Citrix). For
some software, like Premiere Pro, this is actually a better solution for
most students because a significant portion of our virtual lab equipment
uses more powerful GPUs than they are likely to have at home, and the
performance/user experience is overall very good, with some small issues.
Some students struggle setting it up, but our IT help desk provides
support.

My understanding is that in this case, the software is licensed based on
running on the lab computer, even if the students are accessing it
remotely. You may want to check with your campus IT to see if they have
anything similar that remote students can use.

Robert Terry, PhD
Associate Professor, Professional and Technical Writing
Department of English
Georgia Southern University - Armstrong Campus
Pronouns: he/him/per



On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 12:54 PM Barbara L'Eplattenier <bleplatt at ualr.edu>
wrote:

> Hello all:
>
> My department is gathering information about getting students access to
> Adobe Acrobat in their classes.  We have a campus wide license that allows
> faculty and staff to put adobe on university issued computers which
> includes labs, but we do nothing for our online students--which is a
> majority of our students.
>
> How do y'all handle it?  Do you just tell students to suck it up and buy
> the year long subscription?  Any suggestions and examples would be most
> welcome, as I'd like to talk to TPTB about this.
>
> Barb
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