VIP Marketplace program guide: K-12 solutions: Primary and secondary school offerings

Adobe offers various licensing options that allow students and teachers to access their Adobe software at work, at home, or in a computer lab. Two types of licenses are available: named-user licenses and shared device licenses.You can check the guidelines and other details in Primary and Secondary Institution Eligibility Guidelines.

Institutions (e.g., schools, districts, legal entities) may purchase named-user licenses for individuals to use on specific institutionally owned or leased computers. Named-user licenses are ideal for bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environments. Enrolled students gain access to the full power of Adobe Creative Cloud, including integrated apps as well as online storage services. Institutions must approve BYOD use by students.

Named-user licenses also enable teachers and staff to use Adobe software while working at home. In this case, the institution retains usage rights to the licenses and must revoke license access from inactive teachers and staff. For K-12 named-user licenses, the school or district must deploy the licenses using an Enterprise or Federated ID and password provisioned by the school, district, etc. Named-user licenses are available through School Site License and District License purchasing options.

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Institutions may purchase shared device licenses to give students and teachers the flexibility to access Adobe products in shared environments like labs, libraries, and classrooms. With these licenses, entitled users can access the latest versions of Creative Cloud apps and services on machines installed with a shared device license. Also, users with individual paid subscriptions can log into machines entitled with shared device licenses to access their profiles as well as their saved work.

To use shared device licenses, K-12 students and teachers in shared environments can simply log in with an Enterprise or Federated ID and password provisioned by the school or district. For K-12, the school or district must deploy access IDs using an Enterprise ID or Federated ID. View Identity overview for more information about identity types. Shared device licenses are available through School Site License and District License purchasing options.

Adobe offers Creative Cloud for education for primary and secondary school licenses through two options: the School Site License and the District License. Both offerings are available for qualified primary and secondary schools and districts only. See primary and secondary school eligibility requirements for details. Please contact your Adobe authorized education reseller for offering and purchasing details.

School Site License

The School Site License is available to qualifying accredited primary and secondary public and nonpublic schools and district offices located at a single address. A School Site License has a minimum license purchase of 100 shared device licenses or 500 named-user licenses per site.

District License

The District License is available to qualifying accredited primary and secondary school legal entities (i.e., school districts). A legal entity¹ may purchase and use district licenses across qualified primary and secondary school sites within the legal entity or school district and for use in an administrative office and/or a fully owned educational training center used to educate active teachers and staff and/or enrolled primary and secondary school students. A District License has a minimum license purchase of 500 shared device licenses or 2,500 named-user licenses per school district or legal entity.

¹ Legal entity refers to an organization responsible for the procurement and contract management of multiple individual primary and/or secondary schools, for example, a district, county, state, or government agency. If a legal entity signs up for an EDU VIP Marketplace Membership for a District License, then Adobe will consider such legal entity an “Education Entity” as defined in the VIP Marketplace agreement and a “School” as defined in the K12 Additional Terms (if applicable).

Use of Adobe Products in primary and secondary schools requires each user to have a Federated ID or Enterprise ID (including for using shared device licensing) and compliance with all obligations described in the Primary and Secondary Education Named User Additional Terms of Use. Primary and secondary schools may not deploy products and services using Adobe IDs. View Identity overview for more information about identity types.