Boost Engagement with Creative Cloud

Course Description

This digital course called Boost Engagement with Creative Cloud will introduce you to some of the Adobe products available to members of the UMD community. You will explore Adobe’s most user-friendly tools for educators, identify ways to enhance learning and boost student engagement using Adobe tools, and practice creating creative content for your courses.

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of this digital course, you will be able to:

• Access Adobe’s most user-friendly apps for educators.
• Create instructional content using Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, and Acrobat Pro.
• Guide students to collaborate and express their ideas using Adobe tools.

Content

1. Imagine the Possibilities
2. Explore Adobe's Graphic Design Tools
3. Explore Adobe's Motion Graphic Tools
4. Explore Adobe's Interactive PDF Tool
5. Ready, Set, Go!

Expectations

This digital course consists of 5 lessons, which altogether will take approximately 45-60 minutes to complete. Additional resources or tips for further exploration are provided at the end of each lesson. Each lesson culminates in a knowledge check to confirm what you have learned and to enable you to move on to the next lesson.

Intended Audience

UMD faculty, staff, and graduate students

Digital Badge

By completing this course, you will earn your Boost Engagement with Creative Cloud micro-credential. To receive recognition for your efforts, simply explore each page and tackle all knowledge checks within this course.

This micro-credential is an exciting step towards earning your Technology Enhanced Pedagogy Practitioner meta-credential from the TLTC’s Teaching Academy.