This article details access instructions for lab computers and online services that are available to students as part of the universities subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud.  


In the spring of 2019 Adobe changed the licensing of their products to a user based license model.  This means that anyone wishing to use Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Creative cloud must have a paid account with Adobe before they can access their software.  Arkansas Tech University has subscribed to this new license model giving students access to Adobe Creative Cloud in select computers labs as well as personal access to Adobe Spark online.  Students will also receive 2GB of online storage space.  Click HERE to learn more about Adobe Spark.

Every student will have access to the Adobe Creative Cloud Apps on select lab computers and approved student use computers in department offices.  Please note that not all lab computers will have Adobe Creative Cloud installed.  Please check HERE to view a list of currently installed software in campus labs.  




Login Instructions for Lab and Student Use Computers:


Method 1:

  1. Open up any Creative Cloud Application from the Windows Start Menu or MacOS Applications folder.  An Adobe Sign-In box will pop up.  Put your email address in and hit the TAB key on the keyboard or click your mouse in the password field.  You will be redirected to an Arkansas Tech Single Sign-On dialog box.


  2. Enter your ATU Email address and Password then click Sign In


  3. Now you can access your Adobe Creative Cloud Application.




Method 2:

  1. Locate the Adobe Creative Cloud Application in the Windows Start Menu or MacOS Applications folder and open it.

  2. A Adobe Sign-In dialog box will pop up.  Put your email address in and hit the TAB key on the keyboard or click your mouse in the password field.  You will be redirected to an Arkansas Tech Single Sign-On dialog box.  

    *You may see another option come up in the log in dialog box that asks you to choose between an Adobe ID and an Enterprise ID.  Choose Enterprise ID.

  3. Once you are redirected to the ATU Single Sign-On, enter your email address and password and click Sign In.

  4. Once logged in you will be able to go to the Windows Start Menu or MacOS Applications folder and open up any Adobe Creative Cloud Application.

Other Notes:

  • You can only log into one instance of Creative Cloud at one time.  Please remember to log out after you are done.  
  • After 90 minutes of inactivity you will get logged out automatically.






Accessing Adobe Online Features:

  1. Open an internet browser and go to www.adobe.com.  
  2. Click on Sign In.  It is located in the upper right part of the web page.
  3. You will be taken to an Adobe Sign-In web page.
  4. Enter your ATU email address and press TAB or click your mouse in the password field.  You will be redirected to our ATU Single Sign-on page.

    *You may see another option come up that asks you to choose between an Adobe ID and an Enterprise ID.  Choose Enterprise ID.
  5. You will be redirected to the ATU Single Sign-On page.  Enter your email address and password and then click Sign In.


  6. Once logged into adobe.com you will have access to all the available online features.  Click on the Creative Cloud link in the middle of the web page.  Please note that our student access license does not include access to Document Cloud.

  7. From here you can access all the online features from Adobe Spark.