Can I use single teacher license to teach a single small class using my personal computer only?

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July 18, 2021
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I find Adobe licensing to be extremely confusing.

The device and named licenses terms seem to be saying must be used by schools say they START at hundreds of devices or users. I am a single teacher at a tiny k-12 school (a total of 5 seniors last year) I would like to add a video class, but we have no budget, so I would be bringing in my own personal computer, and would be willing to purchase a single teacher license to do so. The computer will not be used by any other teachers or classes.

I'll just skip adobe and use free software if it's a problem, but can I do this, or am I forced to use some licensing structure designed for institutions hundreds of times our size? This would be coming out of my pocket, and I can barely swing the sub $300 price for the single teacher license.

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It depends what you mean by "teach".

If you mean "use the software in front of students and show them what to do and how it works" - sure.

If you mean "let students use the software on your computer", that is a breach of the license. They each need their own license, even if they are all using the same one computer, and even if it's the teacher's computer. You can't share a regular license with students, staff, friends, colleagues, or family - not even a spouse or child.

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I don't understand how this is possible, though... the shared device license thing says the minimum is some multi-thousand dollar minimum with a massive number of devices. Am I missing some other correct licensing option for tiny classes like mine? It just doesn't seem possible that my only option for using software that would be $20 a month for me is somehow thousands of dollars a year to teach a small class where some even smaller yet subset of the students might use it for an hour and a half or so of editing a week. If so, I need to learn some new software and stop using adobe.

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Adobe don't expect you to take out an enterprise license and use Device Licensing. It probably isn't even possible for you, because you are not, personally, a large enterprise with many students or employees.

It is clear, though, that they do not accommodate shared computer use otherwise. Teaching students who each have a laptop and each take out their own license. I have heard of people taking desperate and illegal measures to do their teaching, and to avoid that you probably do need to rethink your plans. If you are teaching the PRINCIPLES of graphic design, video production etc. you certainly can find equally suitable free software. If you are teaching the SPECIFICS of Adobe software, then it seems reasonable to insist your students take out subscriptions, and Adobe will offer them a heavy discount.

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