Adobe Express: How to Access and Use the UWEC Templates

Overview

The University Marketing group created easy-to-use templates to help promote University events and keep marketing materials consistent. Adobe Express is an easy-to-use design software available to all campus employees, students, staff, and faculty. These templates can be modified for your needs. 

The custom templates include:

• Digital templates for Instagram, digital displays or advertisements, and Facebook event headers
• Print templates for event posters, flyers, and rack cards
• Canvas course headers and card images

 Considerations

• If you are not seeing the UWEC templates, you may need to gain access to them. Review the Branded Materials SharePoint page for additional information.
• Layers and elements may be locked to keep the designs consistent.
• Review the UWEC Brand Guide for guidance on properly applying brand elements and using the template.
• See the How to Access the UWEC Brand article to learn how to use the graphic elements in Adobe Express.
• See the Adobe Express: How to Access KB article to learn how to log into the program.

Instructions

Getting started

1. Log into Adobe Express by going to adobe.com/express.
2. Select “Your Stuff” from the software navigation panel.
   
3. Select Projects.
4. Click on the “UW-Eau Claire marketing” project folder. NOTE: If you are not seeing the project, contact University Marketing (universitymarketing@uwec.edu).
   

Preview a UWEC Branded Template

1. Click the template or folder to access a larger thumbnail of the template you wish to use.   
2. If there are multiple templates in the selection, you can preview them in the popup by selecting the left and right arrows.
   
3. Ensure the Select all pages checkbox is selected if you wish to copy all templates (default). You may also deselect that box and select individual templates to use.  
   
4. Select the …Template Options button and select Copy to.  
   
   Note: Selecting the Use Template button will create a copy in the UWEC Branded Template folder, which will have to be moved to your files.
5. Navigate to Files and select Save. For organizational purposes, you can also create a folder or select an existing folder to save the file within.  
   
6. In the pop-up, select Save Copy.
   

Editing the Template

1. Find the template copied within Your Stuff>Files.
2. Select the “Use this template” button. This creates a duplicate of the template saved within our files.
3. Rename the template file by selecting the Untitled text found in the black ribbon.
   
4. Select the generic elements (such as placeholder text and image boxes) to customize the template.