FAQ: Tulane Adobe Creative Jam 

What is a Creative Jam?
Our Creative Jam is an opportunity to provide Adobe workshops to the entire Tulane community both in person and virtually to spread digital literacy, enhance educational experiences, and teach hard and soft skills used in professional settings. This year Tulane will host a one-day kick off event that offers free workshops (both in person and virtually) to the Tulane community. The workshops will teach participants how to use Adobe Express and Premier Rush applications and how to use them to enhance their academic, professional, or personal work to build their portfolios and improve their digital literacy and storytelling. We are also hosting a student-only competition following the workshops for students to create a multimedia project that embodies Tulane’s motto: Not for oneself but for one’s own. Learn more via our Adobe Creative Jam website.

Who can participate (register) for the Creative Jam?
The Creative Jam kick-off workshop event is open to the entire Tulane community, which means employees and students across all units and disciplines may participate in the free workshops and post workshop (working) sessions. However, only Tulane-enrolled, full- and part-time students (i.e., undergraduate, graduate, professional, etc.) may participate in the Creative Jam competition.

What is required to participate in the Creative Jam workshops?
All participants must register for the Creative Jam in order to participate in the workshops or competition. That is it! In person and virtual participants may register up to the start of workshops, which means we accept “walk up” registration. To participate, submit our online registration form.

What should the participate prepare or bring to the workshopping event? Workshop hosts will not provide devices to participants. Please bring and use your own computer or tablet devices. Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) apps are compatible with iOS and Windows devices. Learn more about Adobe CC system requirements including browsers and operating systems. 

Do participants have to attend the Creative Jam workshops and the post workshop (working) sessions to compete? No, if you wish to only participate in the Creative Jam competition, you do not have to attend the workshops or working sessions. However, the competition is only open to Tulane enrolled students and they must register for the Creative Jam by Nov. 2, 2023 to qualify. If a participant is running late to a workshop, that person may still attend and compete.

Can participants attend the Creative Jam kick-off workshops without competing? Yes, you are not required to compete. We highly encourage all Tulanians to attend the free Creative Jam workshops and working sessions.

What are the requirements to compete in the Creative Jam?
To qualify projects for the Creative Jam competition, all participants MUST meet each of these criteria requirements:

• • • • must be a full or part time Tulane student

      • must use either Adobe Express or Adobe Rush to create a video or digital visual (i.e., poster or flier, website graphics, social media campaign, etc.) project must submit a one page project and design description including explanation of the app used and why

      • must submit a one page (front and back allowed) for citations and sources

      • must submit project through the Adobe Creative Jam Canvas course by Nov. 17 no later than 11:59 p.m. central time

How many submissions are participants allowed to submit?
Each participant may only submit one project in either the individual or group category. Participants may not submit more than one project.

Can participants compete in both individual and group categories?
No, participants may only compete in one category, individual or group. Participants may not submit a project in the individual category and also participate in a group project submission.

How do participants submit their projects?
All Creative Jam competition participants must submit their projects via Canvas no later than 11:59 p.m. central time on Nov. 17, 2023. A link to the course will be available on Thursday, November 2, 2023.

What are the judging requirements (criteria)? These will be available on our website beginning Thursday, November 2, 2023.

When and how will Tulane announce Creative Jam competition winners? Information Technology and the Innovative Learning Center will announce winners in the individual and group categories on December 1, 2023 via email. Winners will be emailed from it@tulane.edu or ilc@tulane.edu.