Academic Insights

Innovative tools accelerate student success

October 29, 2021
Academic Strategic Communications

UTSA’s implementation of Adobe Creative Cloud’s innovative tools, combined with inclusive pedagogy and thoughtful faculty development, significantly impacts student success.

Students in classes that integrated Adobe tools compare favorably to equally matched peers in non-Creative Cloud sections of the same courses:

persistence
8.2%
higher persistence for academically at-risk students

rates
11.7%
more A and B grades for academically at-risk students

grades
0.20
higher course grades on a 4.0 scale for Hispanic/Latino students

Read more about these stats from a report by Civitas Learning. UTSA, now celebrating its second anniversary as an Adobe Creative Campus, has created extensive training and resources on Adobe tools, all available on the Academic Innovation website.