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Autodesk, Adobe, and Microsoft Office Discounts Available for Current Students

There are some significant Adobe mandated licensing changes that have been implemented.

The new licensing agreement allows us to use “shared device licenses” for most of our labs, and “named user licenses” for all of our faculty and staff workstations.

We will have to enroll all faculty, all staff and all students as “Named Users” so that they can a) use a lab machine; and b) in the case of faculty/staff, get work-at home rights.

“Enrolling” all faculty, all staff and all students as named users means that they will all be set up with Creative Cloud accounts for “Spark” – a free tracking token that is a component of CC.

When one of these “Named Users” sits down at a “Shared Device” and starts up any Creative Cloud component, they will be prompted with an Adobe ID sign on screen first. They should enter firstname.lastname@purchase.edu followed by email password. Then they are taken to a second Purchase specific login screen where they will need to login a second time (firstname.lastname only) followed by email credentials.

Once logged in to a machine to use Adobe products, the user will be prompted every 90 minutes to login again. Adobe is aware of the issue and working on a fix.

This new agreement the campus has signed onto allows for 50% CC licenses, and 50% Acrobat licenses. Half of our total computers will be covered for the full CC suite, and the other half will have Adobe Acrobat. This should allow us to cover all of our machines in computer labs, and the “Smart Classrooms.” While there are seats for faculty/staff computers, there is not enough to cover all.

Work at home rights are available for Faculty but there are only a limited number of seats and will be provided on a first come, first serve basis.

Please see the Adobe Access page for more information.

Free Antivirus Programs for Personal Machines

CTS suggests Microsoft Defender for Windows.

CTS suggests ClamXav for Mac.

Please be advised that Adobe temporary access has been discontinued as of July 6, 2020 for students.

Student Options are as follows:

1. Purchase your own license. You can buy one through theITEC Adobe Storefrontat $75 per year.
2. Use an open source alternative. SeeAdobe Alternatives.
3. Use Adobe in an on-campus computer lab. If you are on campus or within commuting distance, Adobe remains available on all computer lab machines.

Microsoft Operating Systems can also be purchased through E-Academy.
Students can now obtain a free copy of Autodesk software.

SPSS, Mathematica, Software is available for remote instruction.

Please contact CTS via work request for more information.

Adobe and Microsoft Campus Agreement for Software- Students, Faculty, and Staff

Purchase College maintains a Campus Agreement with Microsoft that entitles the College to use certain Microsoft products across the campus on institutionally owned computers. The Campus Agreement is a license subscription service purchased annually for certain Microsoft software used by faculty and staff across campus on institutionally owned computers. Under the agreement the College can install Microsoft Office and upgrade Windows operating system. These applications come pre-installed on any new computers setup and delivered by the CTS Helpdesk and can be installed onto any College owned computers by request.

Office 365 for Faculty, Staff, and Students

Students, faculty and staff can obtain a free copy of Microsoft Office 365. You would enter firstname.lastname@purchase.edu and then choose school account, then enter email password and Duo authentication.

It includes Outlook, Word, Access, Excel, Publisher, and PowerPoint.

Please see the minimum system requirements.

Obtaining Software for Your Computer

Faculty and staff can purchase non-Microsoft software use by visiting the website for E-Academy.

Discounts on HP Personal Purchases for Faculty and Staff:

Once you go to the HP Discount page, you just need to create an account. You have to use your Purchase email for the email address (the .edu address tells them you work for the College, and are eligible for the discount) but the password does not have to be the same as your email password.

If you are using the online checkout, use company code: EP17422. HP Customer service phone number is 888-999-4747.

Discounts on Apple Personal Purchases for Faculty and Staff:

Faculty/Staff and Students can all receive a education discount on their Apple hardware purchases. The discount is not a certain percentage, but different dollar amounts based on the system. So the discount scan range from $20-$100 or more.

Please go to this Apple link to place an order.

Discounts on Apple Personal Purchases for Students:

Please visit the Apple website.

Discounts on HP Personal Purchases for Students:

Please visit the HP website.