Prepare for Digital Media Design with Adobe (Term-Time)

Thanks for signing up! This page explains how you can prepare for your term time course!

a young girl learning Digital Media Graphic Design at home

Important Note:

You cannot install this tool on:
❌Phone
❌Tablet
❌ Chromebook

In this course students will learn how to use Adobe packages such as Photoshop & Illustrator, a set of  industry standard tools used by professionals around the world.
Due to the nature of this tool, it requires a computer with relatively good specifications. Ideally, any computer purchased in the past 4 to 5 year should be good enough to run this tool.
You will need a recently purchased Laptop or Desktop running either Microsoft Windows or Apple mac OS.

In order to join this course, you’ll need to download & install Adobe packages. This will require you to obtain a license from Adobe, which has its own costs involved.
Please note:
– We are not affiliated with Adobe
– We do not take any commissions from Adobe
– We do not benefit in anyway or form from your license purchase from Adobe
– Your license agreement with Adobe is an agreement only & completely between you and Adobe
– It is your responsibility to select the right license suitable for you
– We do not provide any discounts or refunds on your course fees to fund your licensing costs with Adobe.
– All points below are simply our recommendations on how you can download & install the tools you need for this course.

Download & Install Adobe Creative Cloud

Step 1:
Get Adobe Creative Clouds.
Visit the link: https://www.adobe.com/uk/creativecloud/plans.html

Note: You could potentially get the best deal with the “Students & Teachers” plan.

Step 2:
Select your eligible plan, and complete your purchase.

Step 3:
You should then be prompted to download & Install the creative cloud software.

Step 4:
Open the Creative Cloud software after its installation. You may need to login again using the same account details you used to purchase your licence.

Step 5:
Locate “Photoshop”, and click on “Install” and follow any instructions that may appear.

Step 6:
Once Photoshop has been installed, locate “Illustrator” and click on “Install” and follow any instructions that may appear.

Tech Support

Struggling to get it to work?

Most parents are able to follow the step-by-step instructions on this page without technical difficulties. This is the quickest and most straightforward method to prepare for your course.

However, should you encounter any difficulties after trying the instructions provided, you can click here to book a free 15 minute tech support session for one of our staff to help you out.

Make sure you are familiar with Zoom

Online classes are delivered using Zoom. You will receive an email from your tutor 15 minutes before the start of your session.
By clicking on the invitation link, you will be able to join the class.
If you do not already have Zoom downloaded and installed on your computer, clicking on the link will automatically prompt you to do so. This should take around 60 seconds.

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Important Information

First Session:

During the first session, there can be some slight turbulence while everyone settles in. Some students may have technical issues, or need time to get familiar with the new environment.
Please bear with us while our tutors do their best to help everyone out. Your patience and cooperation is highly appreciated!

Calendar:

Even though our classes run during school term-time, we do have a slightly different timetable. Please make sure to visit our calendar to know exactly when classes run, and when they don’t.

Payments:

As our courses come with an NCFE accredited qualification, they are sold as an entire package which includes registration, tuition, assessment, internal verification, external quality assurance and many other factors required to issue your child’s qualification.
Each month, students will have a different number of classes. If you’re paying for your child’s course in monthly installments, please note your payments are not based on the number of sessions you get within a given month.
You’re simply paying for the entire package, but in smaller monthly installments.
For more information, please read our T&C.

Tutor Change:

In order to ensure we deliver the most up to date topics in technology & design to your children, we usually hire tutors who are either lecturers at colleges/universities, or students working towards their Bachelor’s, Masters or PhD.
This also means at times their work or study timetables may overlap with ours, or they may simply require some time off to focused on their next exam or deadline.
In such cases, we may provide a different tutor, either temporarily or permanently. We understand this may not be ideal, but it is a necessity to ensure your children always receive the most up to date lessons. We apologies in advance for any inconveniences this may cause, and we’re grateful for your understanding.

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The best way to contact us to by sending an email to:
📧 info@softwareacademy.co.uk