OK the jist of it is we need to go in through the Creative Cloud desktop which I suppose is fair. I will have a chance to try this tomorrow.
I can also understand there being some restriction about Creative Cloud accounts and minors it would be nice to find some solution as this is a really good piece of software for teaching this wire frame concept.
I can see the reason why some games would have a violence or sexual content restriction or software that could incur charges for additional elements running up bills on attached credit cards.
I feel this is just nonsensical but who am I to question the motives.
When you consider Scratch (the basic programming language) also has an online option where the users stuff is stored in the cloud. Scratch is the ultimate in an application aimed at children.
Please understand I am not trying to be over critical I am just trying to see and understand the reasoning.
If push comes to shove we will work on the accounts to be owned by individual teachers and used under supervision.
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OK. It is the next morning and I have done some testing and yes that works logging in with a different Adobe account via the Creative Cloud desktop.
I also obviously had to create a new Adobe account for testing during this process I was asked for a date of birth, but curiously nowhere was I informed that there was any sort of age limit on the account, however that may have been different if I had chosen to add a date of birth that would have made my age less than any predetermined arbitrary value.
When we look at this we can use the local PC for the student work and then use an adults account to demonstrate with an external view on a tablet or a phone. The aim is to provide the students with an understanding of wire frame in the design process. The only reason for the cloud based tablet and phone testing is to allow the parents to see the results.
I would be interested to learn what the official Adobe attitude to this situation given that getting young users using the software has to be a good idea for Adobe. A work around may be a local LAN server that would allow testing without using cloud based copies. That would require the parents coming to some location to see the results but that could at least be a work around.
I have been working on a game that uses such a local solution for a game that would normally require an internet based server. The server provides the back end for an avatar based game where the locales are built using Blender. In this case the server is an Ubuntu Linux Server and allows for multiple PC's on the network to access the same shared environment without actually needing a link to the wider internet.
Note: a link is required during the building phase of the server but once up and running the internet is no longer required.
Oddly I am able to make this available over the internet by using Noip.com to add an online presence.
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On an aside I was asked in a NO-Reply email from Preran if If I had a case number for my interaction with the chat help, unfortunately we never actually got to that stage since the agent was unable to provide support I don't believe we ever got to a position where a case number would have been allocated of if it was I was not informed, I would have written it down if it had been provided.
The response was "I can not find an active account therefore I can not proceed" note this is not a direct quote the response was polite and factual if frustrating. At this point I came to this forum seeking clarity. Which to be fair a result I appear to have achieved.
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