Adobe - Faculty and Staff

Faculty and staff can choose between an Adobe Acrobat account or an Adobe Creative Cloud Account.

Adobe Acrobat is used for viewing, printing, signing and sharing Adobe PDFs. Adobe Creative Cloud includes Photoshop, InDesign, DreamWeaver and many others. Both accounts require the Creative Cloud application to be downloaded. Please follow the steps below.

Step 1 – Activate Account.

Click the link below to activate your Adobe Creative Cloud Account.

Activate Adobe Creative Cloud

Step 2 – Account Ready.

You’ll be redirected to a confirmation screen that your Adobe account is ready.

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Step 3 – Download the Creative Cloud App.

Visit the Adobe Website to download the Creative Cloud App.

Step 4 – Sign In with an Enterprise ID.

Once the Creative Cloud App is installed, the program will launch and request a sign in. Enter your mybamausername@ua.edu email address.

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Step 5 – Continue to sign in with Enterprise ID.

Select Company or School Account.

Step 6 – Sign in with myBama credentials.

You will be directed to a myBama sign in screen. Login with your myBama credentials.

Step 7 – Get Creative!

Your account is now ready. If you selected an Adobe Acrobat account, you can now download the Acrobat app. If you selected an Adobe Creative Cloud app, you can now download Creative Cloud applications such as Photoshop, InDesign and more by choosing the apps tab.