Partner application
OpenID Connect (OIDC) Single Sign-On (SSO) into Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Express is available for use with Google, the district portals—Clever and Classlink, and the Learning Management Systems (LMS)—Canvas and Blackboard.
OIDC is a standard federation protocol that allows Adobe to verify identity and obtain basic user profile information. With Single Sign-On (SSO), a signed-in user can simply click an application icon and access the application without needing to enter their username and password. It saves educators and students valuable class time and prevents the headache of remembering multiple usernames and passwords. Furthermore, it makes it easier for educators and students to discover and access powerful creative tools to which they already have licenses.
Ensure that you have the following ready before you add a partner application as a secondary Identity Provider (IdP) to configure SSO:
Federation set up on directory (Azure, Google, or other SAML providers)
Adobe Express or Creative Cloud licenses in the Admin Console
Partner applications in your district (Blackboard, Canvas, Classlink, Clever, and Google are currently supported for SSO)
To configure SSO for District Portals and Learning Management Systems, do the following:
To successfully configure SSO, you must complete both steps. Setting up Adobe Express or Creative Cloud in a partner application takes you directly to selecting the partner application in the Admin Console.
Following are the four partner applications through which you can configure SSO with Creative Cloud or Adobe Express:
Partner application |
SSO capabilities |
Set up Adobe Express or Creative Cloud |
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Clever |
SSO into Adobe Express from Clever portal |
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ClassLink |
SSO into Adobe Express from ClassLink LaunchPad |
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Canvas |
SSO into Adobe Express through the assignment workflow or SpeedGrade; SSO into Creative Cloud through app launcher |
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Blackboard |
SSO into Creative Cloud through app launcher |
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SSO into Adobe Express through social sign-in screens and through the Google Classroom add-ons feature (for schools and districts with the Google Workspace for Education Plus edition and Teaching and Learning upgrade) |
Set-up is not required on Google, SSO works as long as you set up federation in the Adobe Admin Console. |
Sign in to the Adobe Admin Console and navigate to Settings > Identity.
Alternatively, setting up Adobe Express or Creative Cloud in a partner application takes you directly to selecting the partner application in the Admin Console.
Select the appropriate directory and go to the Authentication tab.
Click Add new IdP.
Select Education SSO and click Next.
You will see all the identity providers added to the Authentication section in the Directory settings.
If your organization has a Google SAML federation setup, you'll automatically get a Google OIDC federation configuration in the Authentication tab. If you Remove the OIDC configuration, the system automatically recreates the configuration as soon as a user from the associated directory signs in using Continue with Google option.
You can Disable the Google OIDC configuration to prevent the users from signing in using Continue with Google. Once disabled, the system won't create a new Google OIDC configuration.
Once you’ve completed these steps, test your setup by signing in with a test user account. If you face any issues, navigate to Admin Console > Support to contact Adobe Customer Care.
Adobe Express with premium features is free for school districts. For more information, see Adobe Express for education. To deploy named user licenses to students, teachers, and faculty, see the Deployment Guide.
To purchase Creative Cloud, see Adobe.com.
Rostering is currently not supported.
You can start on either, the district portal or the Admin Console. Ensure that you complete both steps.
Yes, you must configure SSO by adding the LMS as a secondary IdP on the Adobe Admin Console.
You can contact the support team for the district portal you are using:
To contact Adobe Customer Care, navigate to the Support tab in the Adobe Admin Console.
The Adobe Creative Cloud app is an SSO (Saved Passwords) application to sign in to Adobe Creative Cloud, and not to Adobe Express. For more information about SSO (Saved Passwords) applications through Clever, visit this support page.
In your ClassLink App Library, you have the option to add other Adobe apps besides Adobe Express. These do not provide true Single Sign-On (SSO) functionality but instead are Password Lockers. A Password Locker is a connection that the ClassLink user creates that ties a sign-in page with a tile. The user must sign in to the app the first time they use it, and then the app automatically saves the password. See how you can manage your passwords through Password Locker apps. Learn more about Password Locker apps.
If you’re using the Adobe Express Password Locker, we highly recommend you migrate to Adobe Express SSO, since it’s more secure and faster because it provides a federated ID through OpenID Connect. To migrate to Adobe Express SSO (now titled “Adobe Express” in the App Library), you can contact the ClassLink Helpdesk for support. They will confirm the type of app in use, assist you in selecting and assigning the OAuth2 app, test its functionality, and then remove the old Password Locker from users’ LaunchPads.
Adobe apps that are available with the Password Locker function include:
To add the Adobe Express SSO app, search for the app entitled Adobe Express in the App Library and select the tile with the Adobe Express logo and OAuth2 listed under the name. Then, configure SSO for your district portal.
Sign in to the Adobe Admin Console and navigate to Settings > Identity.
Select the appropriate directory and go to the Sync tab to configure Azure or Google sync.
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