Before you are able to use the Adobe app in Book Creator, you need to make sure Adobe Express for Education K-12 has been successfully enabled. Adobe Express for K-12 is free and unlimited.
💫 You have successfully set up Adobe Express K-12 for your school or district if you've completed the following actions:
Created an Adobe Admin Console for your school
Enabled SSO and auto-account creations in the Admin Console
Enabled auto-assign for teachers to access Adobe Express for K-12 licenses in the Admin Console
Teachers have added students into an Adobe classroom
How to ensure teachers are using the correct Adobe Express K-12 account?
When users login to express.adobe.com it will show "Adobe Express for Education" in the navigation bar. It will also show that users have 250 AI credits per month, rather than the 10 credits which are included with free accounts.
If you are unsure if your district has enabled Adobe Express K-12, the following instructions can help the administrator enable it successfully.
Step 1: Set-up Adobe Express K-12 Admin Console
For K-12 admins to get access to an Admin Console for Adobe Express, visit K-12 Onboarding Wizard (K-12).
Note: After completing the wizard, please allow 10 minutes before logging in to allow the network to update.
Step 2: Admins must enable teacher access
Now that you have an Adobe Admin Console, you need to create a Directory, Claim Domains, and share licenses with your teachers. More detailed setup information can be found here.
Create a Directory [Admin Console > Settings > Create Directory]: A wizard will guide you through the process. On the first screen, provide a name for this directory. Note: This name is for internal use and is not exposed to your end users.
2. Choose Federated Directory: Selecting federated directory will trigger a set-up wizard. You'll be presented with three options: Microsoft Entra, Google SAML, or Custom SAML.
3. Claim Domains: Once your federated directory is created, you must add your user email domains to it. With Microsoft or Google, you can login with your admin account.
4. Enable Access Rules [Admin Console > Products > Product Automation Rules]: You have automated teacher authentication using domains for your users, now you need to distribute licenses for the product(s). The admin needs to select Adobe Express for K-12 from the Products menu and then has options on assigning licenses to district teachers:
Automatic assignment: When teachers login using the authenticated method (federated directory), they are automatically assigned a license. Note: This is the preferred method.
Using a specific URL: To share access with select users, you can share a specific URL for your domain. This URL will trigger an SSO login to your primary configuration to authenticate.
Step 3: Teachers must enable student access
Once your teachers have been assigned a license to Adobe Express K-12 from the Admin Console, they must create a classroom and add their students to use Adobe Express for K-12.
Create a classroom: From the teacher homescreen, select Classrooms and then select Create class. Teachers will follow prompts to add the title and details for the new classroom.
Note: teachers may be asked to verify educator status in order to invite students to a class if they were not auto-authenticated from their district Adobe Administrator.
2. Add students: Teachers will open the selected classroom and select Add People. They will be given a class code and URL link for students to join and access their classroom.
Note: There are also other methods for students to join a classroom such as Google Classroom Roster import, student email addresses, or even approved email domains.
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