Adobe's North American Higher Education Newsletter
July 2025
Event recap
Adobe Education Institute: Recap and recordings
This June, educators from Adobe Creative Campus institutions across North America and Australia participated in a live virtual event to make a significant impact on engaged learning in higher education.
The event focused on responsible use of generative AI, reimagining storytelling with Adobe Express, and the role of creative pedagogies in shaping authentic learning experiences. Attendees were inspired to collaborate on unique ways to leverage Adobe’s digital creation tools to enhance learning.
Click here for recordings, templates, and learning materials so you can extend this unique learning opportunity to your campus.
NEW! Instructional support for Adobe Express
Digital storytelling in the classroom enhances lessons by making them more engaging and interactive. Instructors can use digital storytelling tools to explain complex topics, while students create their own stories, making storytelling online a powerful way to express their knowledge creatively.
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Enhances student engagement and motivation.
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Encourages creativity and critical thinking.
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Simplifies complex topics and makes learning more accessible.
Activities guide — First Year Digital Storytelling
Whether you’re designing a lesson, explaining a complex concept, encouraging students to reflect, or establishing a connection with them in the first weeks back to school, digital storytelling offers a powerful framework to make learning more personal, memorable, and meaningful.
In this guide, you have access to 20 ready-to-use engaging activities designed to connect with students in the first weeks of class and encourage them to reflect on their experiences, learning journey, and goals. Choose your preferred ones, follow the instructions, and let your new term start on a high note.
Remixable instructional templates
Adobe Express infographic template ›
Tips for designing a compelling infographic are included along with step-by-step instructions for creating an infographic in Adobe Express.
Adobe Express research poster template ›
Tips for designing an impactful poster are included along with step-by-step guidance on creation within Adobe Express.
New features and tools
Adobe Express Comments panel is now available in webpage editor
Collaborators can now leave feedback directly within a webpage — simplifying review cycles, enhancing feedback collection, and improving classroom engagement.
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In-editor commenting panel: A dedicated commenting panel, accessible via the top bar icon, shifts the canvas and enables users to view, leave, and resolve comments — matching the familiar Adobe Express experience.
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Collaboration permissions update: Replaced the outdated “Can view” mode with a new “Can comment” mode, aligning webpage with Adobe Express collaboration permissions.
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Multi-user commenting support: Users can leave comments simultaneously during live collaboration, even when in View-only mode.
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Role-based access controls for education: The experience respects all existing education admin-based restrictions, matching Mixed Media editor behavior.
Adobe Firefly mobile app is now available
Give creators the freedom to explore ideas on the go!
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Firefly Boards transforms how creative teams ideate and collaborate, now with advanced video and image generation and editing tools.
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The Firefly app expands its model integrations with Ideogram, Luma AI, Pika, and Runway now joining OpenAI’s image generation, Google’s Imagen, and Veo and Black Forest Labs’ Flux, offering creators even more choice of aesthetic styles.
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The Firefly app is available as a standalone experience and as part of Adobe Creative Cloud, delivering seamless workflows with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Express, and more.
New research
The Future of Reading, Studying, and Learning with AI Assistant for Adobe Acrobat
Discover key insights from Adobe’s 2025 research on how AI Assistant for Acrobat helps students overcome reading overload, reduce burnout, and study more efficiently with trusted, citation-based AI support.
Check for details on the newest features available in your favorite Adobe tools
Adobe Creative Cloud ›
Adobe Express ›
Adobe Firefly ›
Adobe Acrobat ›
Adobe Acrobat Sign ›
On-Demand Content
Keep your skills sharp
Summer is a great time for catching up on past Digital Literacy Cafés and other Adobe for Education webinars. Access the on-demand content below.
Weekly learning sessions
Stay connected this summer
Join us for 30 minutes each month to meet with people in similar roles at our partner institutions. Come with your questions. The first 10–15 minutes may include a brief presentation of a relevant hot topic. All sessions will be held on Wednesdays at:
10am PT / 11am MT / 12pm CT / 1pm ET.
Please note that our files were negatively impacted by Daylight Savings Time, causing some to appear an hour ahead of the scheduled time. All information sessions continue to be held on Wednesdays during the times listed above via the .ics files provided.
Click here to access a folder of .ics files to instantly add these meetings to your calendar.
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July 9: IT professionals
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July 16: Academics
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July 23: Career services
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July 30: Open office hours