Google streamlines Adobe Express access on student Chromebooks
Adobe Express graphic design software now available at the flick of a switch
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It’s set to become even easier to accessAdobe Expresson studentChromebooksafterGoogleannounced a new partnership with the creative apps developer at edtech conference ISTELive 23.
The integration builds on existing ties betweenAdobeand the search giant, which led to last year’s launch of an Adobe Express add-on for Google Classroom.
Now, Adobe’s streamlined creator platform is available to schools, grades, or even individual classes straight from the Google Admin console.
Express expectations
Adobe’s free, web-basedgraphic design softwarehas become a popular choice for quick and simple content creation - like rivalCanva, it lets even non-designers produce professional visual assets. And that makes it an ideal platform for students to learn design principles and integrate graphics and videos into their work.
So, what can students and educators expect from this latest integration?
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From today, teachers will have the option to assign, comment, and grade projects built in Adobe Express. Students, meanwhile, are encouraged to use the platform as anonline collaboration tool; thedigital art softwareequivalent of a Word doc (or, rather, aGoogle Doc).
Keen to push the roll-out, it appears Google has made it simple for IT administrators to enable Adobe Express at the flick of a switch from within the Admin console. There is also the option to pin the design app to the taskbar of each Chromebook.
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As reported inThe Verge, Govind Balakrishnan, Adobe SVP of Creative Cloud products and services, called the move “the first step in many that we hope to bring to market to make it significantly easier for teachers and students to blend creativity and productivity together.”
“We’ve just seen this shift in the way teachers are educating their students - they’re constantly looking for more creative methods,” said John Maletis, Google’s VP of ChromeOS product, engineering, and UX.
The reveal follows news thatFigma, the company Adobe wants to buy for $20bn, has partnered with Google for Education to bring theweb design softwarefor free to Google’s line ofstudent laptops.
Steve is TechRadar Pro’s B2B Editor for Creative & Hardware. He began in tech journalism reviewing photo editors and video editing software at the magazine Web User, where he also covered technology news, features, and how-to guides. Today, he and his team of reviewers test out a range of creative software, hardware, and office furniture. Once upon a time, he wrote TV commercials and movie trailers. Relentless champion of the Oxford comma.
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