Resources available from CDA for teaching online
How to get Adobe CC
Faculty of Fine Arts staff and students can use the instructions below to access Adobe software. This page also contains links to a form for teachers to request licenses for their entire class. Don’t worry we just need your class number, not all your student names. If a teacher or staff needs their own license, they have to request a staff license by emailing help@concordia.ca.
Concordia has secured a limited amount of Adobe CC licenses for students that will be active as long as you remain an active student enrolled in a class listed below. The license does not grant access to most web only applications and cloud services, such as the cloud version of Lightroom.
Changing your MyConcordia.ca password
If you decide to change your password that is associated with your netname, please be aware of the following.
- It takes about an hour for systems at Concordia to sync with each other. So change it and wait about an hour before attempting to login.
- If you don’t change it at the same time on all your devices, then your account may get locked. This happens because after about five attempts to login with the wrong password, the system will lock your account for about 15 minutes. So if you forgot that your old phone that you gave your son or daughter as an example, still has your Concordia email setup, that old phone will be trying to login with the wrong password and will lock up your account. At that point the only solution is to find the device and change or delete that account.
Sound effects for your projects
We are using Cinema’s sound effects library which is available during the closure to all Fine Arts students.
Information is on their support page: http://cinematech.hybrid.concordia.ca/pages/post/sfx__metadigger_from_home
Fine Arts Fees
To pay your Fine Arts fees online for materials your class requires, see the instructions below:
Get a free license to Cycling ’74 MAX
We are letting students use out MAX licenses at home. There’s a limited amount, so if your teacher hasn’t submitted your class to us, you won’t be able to access the license. The classes that have requested it are listed at the bottom of this page.
Fusion 360 is free for students
Auto desk has made most of their software free for students. Learn more by visiting their page. For Fusion 360, we have the instructions posted in this PDF file.
Download this PDF to get instructions on how to get Fusion 360 for free.
Vectorworks is free for students
Students can get Vectorworks for free and install it on their own computer. Visit the link below to create your account and get access to the software.
How to reserve a lab or edit suite computer for remote sessions
By reserving a computer, you will be able to connect remotely to it using NoMachine (Windows, Mac or Linux client) or Screen Sharing. For now there are only some edit suites and labs that offer NoMachine: EV 5.635, EV 5.815 and all the EV 5th floor edit suites. We strongly recommend using NoMachine remote desktop software over Apple’s Screen Sharing. When using NoMachine you will have audio and better image quality.