Software Available for Current Students, Faculty and Staff
Software available to current Students, Faculty and Staff:
Adobe Creative Cloud
The university offers access to Adobe Creative Cloud for all currently enrolled students. This gives you access to all of Adobe’s photography, design, video, and web apps on all your desktop and mobile devices.
Access to this suite ends after you are no longer eligible to register for classes (due to graduation or not having registered for classes for two consecutive terms). Be sure to download copies of your data before leaving the university.
Access to this suite for Faculty ends one year after the last term that was taught. Emeritus do not have access to this suite.
Access to this suite for all other employees ends at their separation date.
Google Workspace for Education Plus
Students are eligible for Google Workspace for Education Plus, which includes Gmail(aka Horizon email), Calendar, Drive(Doc, Sheets, Slides) Meet, Chat and additional classroom tools.
Access to this suite for Students ends 12 months after you are no longer eligible to register for classes (due to graduation or not having registered for classes for two consecutive terms). Be sure to download copies of your data before leaving the university.
Access to this suite for Faculty ends one year after the last term which was taught, unless they are Emeritus Faculty. Emeritus faculty retains lifetime access to Google Workspace as it is the current messaging system for the University.
Access to this suite for all other employees ends at their separation date.
Access campus Google Workspace for Education Plus here.
Microsoft 365 for Education (previously known as Office 365)
Students are eligible for Microsoft 365 for Education, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and additional classroom tools.
Access to this suite for Students ends after you are no longer eligible to register for classes (due to graduation or not having registered for classes for two consecutive terms). Be sure to download copies of your data before leaving the university.
Access to this suite for Faculty ends one year after the last term which was taught. Emeritus do not have access to this suite.
Access to this suite for all other employees ends at their separation date.
Access Microsoft 365 for Education here, be sure to enter your school (Horizon) email address.
Autodesk software
This offer is provided directly by Autodesk, students can get free one-year educational access to Autodesk products and services, renewable as long as you remain eligible(see AutoCAD details on the eligibility requirements). Explore AutoCAD design ideas quickly and easily with the integrated concept-to-production platform. Connect your entire product development process in a single cloud-based platform that works on both Mac and PC.
Access to this suite is only available to current Students, it is not available to Faculty, Emeritus and Staff.
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Discounted software offers for current Students, Faculty and Staff:
To simplify the process of obtaining software allowed for home/personal use, CSU East Bay has partnered with Kivuto Inc. to provide licensed software to currently enrolled students and currently employed faculty and staff.
Kivuto Features:
Kivuto provides any necessary product keys and instructions to download software for the time period indicated. License renewal is necessary in order to use the software after the expiration date. Software ordered through Kivuto can be downloaded.
Click the following link to be directed to the Kivuto site.
Customer Responsibility when ordering from Kivuto:
Keep product key number (print screen capture or write down the number when the purchase is made), in case a reinstall is necessary in the future.
How to report problems or issues when ordering from Kivuto:
If you are experiencing problems or have questions with the Kivuto shopping experience, contact Kivuto Customer Support by phone at 1-888-396-1447 (6:00.am. – 6:00.pm. EST) or email at Kivuto Support 24 hrs. You can also use their extensive FAQ page by clicking on the Help link in the upper right hand corner of their website.