Welcome to the April edition of the Adobe Higher Education newsletter!
- Apr 15
- 3 min read
Welcome to the April edition of the Adobe Higher Education newsletter. Dive in for actionable ideas, upcoming events, and tips and tricks designed to empower your work in today's evolving higher education landscape.
Register for the Adobe Education Institute today!
Free virtual skill-building sessions for academic and professional staff.
Looking to build or strengthen your digital skills? The Adobe Education Institute (AEI) is a virtual, hands-on learning experience designed for higher education faculty and staff.
Whatever your role, AEI offers practical strategies to help you streamline processes, enhance engagement, and build confidence using Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Express.
Share across campus! Get promotional assets to share the news with your faculty and staff.
Academic Innovation Café
Student success increasingly depends on transforming the higher education experience — starting even before students arrive on campus.
Creativity + AI: Rethinking assessment at Bond University
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
6pm PT | 7pm MT | 8pm CT | 9pm ET
See how Bond University is redefining assessment for the AI era, making it creative, cross-disciplinary, and built for real-world impact.
The institution’s award-winning Collaboration for Global Change course (2025 Green Gown Awards Australasia) is setting a new benchmark for sustainability education.
Hear from the course designer and get bold, practical ideas to help you reimagine assessment for your own courses.
Can't make it? Register anyway to get access to the recording.
Upcoming AEI labs
Join our monthly 30-minute sessions for deep-dive explorations into creative workflows and tools. Here’s what’s next:
Get Started with Adobe Express
Wednesday, April 15
1pm ET | 12pm CT | 11am MT | 10am PT
Explore the essential features of this easy design app and create a polished graphic you can use immediately. You’ll discover the most helpful Quick Actions and learn how to transform your simple design into a short video or web page.
Get Ready for Adobe Education Institute
Wednesday, April 22
1pm ET | 12pm CT | 11am MT | 10am PT
Join us for an energizing session celebrating creativity and innovation in education. Discover upcoming opportunities, connect with peers, and explore resources that empower faculty and students to thrive in a digital-first world.
Teaching and learning resources
Adobe Express in action
Looking for fresh ideas to enhance teaching, learning, and student engagement? Explore the Adobe Higher Education Use Case Portfolio — a centralized hub highlighting real-world examples of how universities are using Adobe Express across campus. Discover practical, replicable ideas from peer institutions and get inspired to scale creative impact in your own courses, programs, or initiatives.
Acrobat to Express: Docs to Creativity | Wednesday, April 8th
Higher education faculty community launch
Adobe is launching a new community designed to connect higher education professionals across the globe, spark collaboration, and support meaningful instructional innovation. Registration is now open!
Adobe student file transfer
Now your students and recent graduates can easily copy their Adobe files from school-assigned accounts to new or existing Adobe personal accounts. By using the Student File Transfer feature, they’ll have ongoing access to their files so they can showcase their work to future employers. Learn more about the feature, and use our email templates to inform students about this great benefit.
Adobe Express feature spotlight
Import PDFs with tables.
Import PDFs with tables, retain the original structure, and edit in Adobe Express.
Generate captions automatically.
Easily boost video engagement with captions that you can generate, edit, and style in seconds.
Generate polished presentations.
Go from idea to slides in minutes with the Generate Presentation feature.
Explore the latest features across your favorite Adobe tools
Useful resources
Use Case Portfolio › (Adobe Express in Higher Education)
Newsletter Archives
Our new newsletter hub includes our latest edition along with past issues. Add the following link to your institution’s Adobe website to keep everyone up to date.
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Thanks for reading! We’d love to hear your thoughts on how we can improve future editions.
Best regards,
The Adobe North America Higher Education team
