Adobe Express PD Using Adobe Express Templates for Learning Activities and Assessments

About the session

The purpose of this session is to support teachers to create high-quality, student-centred Assessment Templates.

This practical session will step you through:

• Using Adobe Express Projects
• Creating assessment task and learning activity templates
• Managing your assets within the project
• Sharing remixable templates with students
• Ensuring all content you deliver gives students guidance on how to engage with it
• Creating visually appealing 'on brand' activities for students.

Assets:

• Access to Assessment Project
• Access to Assessment Brand
• Access to Report Template (via 'Brand')
• Access to Learning Activity Template (via 'Brand')
• Access to Website Template (this needs to be duplicated BEFORE you start to make any edits).

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Essentials

• Create a Project
• Getting Started Guide to Adobe Express
• Using your Brand in Adobe Express
• Importing pptx Files into Adobe Express
• Saving and Sharing Templates

Level Up - for Teachers

Professional Learning Creds

Level Up - for Students

Student Micro-Creds

⚙️Instructional Text⚙️

Add to your Canvas Assignment or Learning Activity instructions (see image below).

Sharing links to ANY Adobe Express Project

Students should always be encouraged to share a link to their project/document/webpage as a COMMENT to accompany their submission.

• Select the blue share button
• Select view only link (document) OR publish to web (webpage)
• Create link
• Copy the published link and paste as a comment in Canvas. NOTE: In the case of a webpage there are additional steps to follow to ensure submission of a PDF to Canvas (see Saving an Express Webpage).

ANY Template

• Access our Remixable Template by selecting the button below

• Select Continue with Email from the sign-in screen
• Sign in to Adobe Express using your RMIT credentials.
• Select the Remix button in the top right of the document
• This action will save a duplicate copy of the template to 'your stuff' in Adobe Express
• Bookmark new.adobe.express.com
• Complete your assessment task on the web.

Saving an Adobe Express Document

• Select the grey Download button in the top right corner of Adobe Express.
• Select All Pages
• From the File Format dropdown, select PDF (best for documents). NOTE: If you have included video elements, these must be submitted as separate MP4 files to Canvas.
• Select the blue Download button.
• Your file will download, at this point you should rename the document using the following file naming protocol: S3333333_LastName_Initial_AT1. PDF

Saving an Adobe Express Webpage

Ensuring that you are using Google Chrome. Open your webpage in an incognito window by copy/pasting the published link. Right click on your page and select 'Print'. You will need to apply settings as follows:

• Destination: Save as PDF
• Pages: All
• Layout: Portrait

Finally, select the 'Save' button to save to your computer ready for upload and submission. NOTE: If you have included video elements, these must be submitted as separate MP4 files to Canvas.