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Final Course Completion Information – Weeks #14 & 15

Final Course Completion Information – Weeks #14 & 15

Dear MMA 235 Students,

The end of the semester is upon us…

Here is the final semester wrap up and course completion information in advance:

Please read this information carefully and mark your calendars accordingly.

Please reach out with any questions here – rseslow@bmcc.cuny.edu

1. Thursday May 15th – this will be our last regular class / lab working session. We will use this class session to discuss and share a demonstration on how you can create a final portfolio with Adobe Illustrator (saved as a single file PDF) the portfolio will display and organize all of your completed works. The final portfolio is mandatory- I will also show you how to organize your google drive assignment folders (as a review) as well.

*****The Final Portfolio Tutorial from class on 5/15 is here below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/qD1xbBnmIjW2fvXLVXiMUsGMGZx6R1whdwBpzMG1f3u57ikGLYIdoC3DmVRFszam.1Ko8_kBv1Kdbbowd

Passcode: Bj1^C^73

2. Thursday May 22nd @10am (final exams week) if you wish, you may come into class and present your final portfolio – this is our last and final meeting for the semester – It is not mandatory to present your final portfolio to the class – but highly encouraged – please join us! You can choose to show your work on the big screen!

****All students will need to have all completed work added to their folders in our google drive folder no later than Friday 5/24 at 6pm.

3. Submitting your completed assignments & final portfolio– I know I have mentioned this many many times through out the semester, but all student work needs to be submitted via our shared Google Drive Folder – the link to the shared folder is located on our class’s Brightspace page- You must share all of your production files that include the adobe photoshop files – .psd and all illustrator files – .ai – you can also share any . JPG files and your illustrator work as PDF files.

Please reach out with any questions here – rseslow@bmcc.cuny.edu

Thank You!

Adobe Access – Software Access

ADOBE

The link to BMCC’s login instructions to CUNY provided Adobe for students granted access:

https://servicedesk.bmcc.cuny.edu/TDClient/33/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=1070

HERE ARE THE STEPS TO ACCESS ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD FOR CUNY STUDENTS IN DESIGN COURSES.

To install CUNY provided Adobe Creative Cloud applications on your personal device:

**In your device’s web browser, open the following URL to access the Adobe Creative Cloud applications.

  1. https://creativecloud.adobe.com
  2. The Adobe Sign In page displays.
  3. Note:
    You will only be able to install CUNY-licensed Adobe Creative Cloud applications using your CUNY Login Credentials—do not use Google, Facebook or Apple credentials.
  4. In the Email address field, enter your CUNY Login username (firstname.lastname##@login.cuny.edu) and click Next.
  5. The CUNY Web Applications Login page displays.
  6. Enter the following information and click Login:
  7. Username — Enter your CUNY Login username (firstname.lastname##@login.cuny.edu).
  8. Password — Enter your CUNY Login password.
  9. The Creative Cloud web site displays.
  10. In the Creative Cloud website, browse for and download your desired application. 
  11. Click the Apps menu on the top of the page to view all apps.

For more information on how to download or install apps, see  Download and Install Creative Cloud apps  on the Adobe website.