Using templates in Adobe Express

Adobe Express makes creating visually engaging resources easy. Pre-made templates and Educator Resources are available to help you reclaim some time. These resources are designed to be easily accessible, editable, and shareable, whether you're providing students with an electronic copy or exporting the materials.

Finding templates and resources

Adobe Express is available, providing your school has an Adobe console and has assigned Adobe Express to staff and students. You will need to be logged on to access the links in this article. Pre-made templates and Educator Resources are accessible from the navigation menu on the left. Filters on the left side menu can sort templates by style, mood and type. You can also use the search bar for specific keywords. Adobe curates a selection of ‘Popular templates’ tailored for educators.

The Educator Resource section includes Adobe's Creative Education Challenges, classroom templates, and links to professional development and blog posts.

Adobe Express home screen displayed with a side menu and shortcut thumbnails for various features, including 'animate your voice'. The bottom menu allows you to select and view your recent creations.

In Adobe Express's design workspace, someone is creating an 'All About Me' poster, with the cursor positioned over the template section in the left side menu.

The Adobe Creative Education Challenges are released each month and are a package which includes an editable template and classroom activities. These are particularly useful if you would like to help get your students familiar with the different features of Adobe Express. They can be linked right across the curriculum or used as intro activities at the beginning of the year or end of year wrap ups. There are multiple challenges which can be adapted for all year levels.

‘Educator Resources’ page showing quick projects. Under the quick projects are thumbnails which link to guided activities.

A webpage with ‘The Creative Challenge: About Me animation instructions’ and an option to download. The cursor scrolls down to view the resource and selects the link to the sharable template. This opens to show an animation character on a blue background with speech bubbles placed around the page.

Using and adapting templates

You can customise your chosen template before sharing it with your students. Here's how:

Select the template and
Select ‘Customize template’.
Once it opens, you can modify the template by changing the colour theme, replacing images, editing text, and adding pages.

A blue template with an astronaut character and several text boxes has been selected. The cursor is hovering over the purple ‘Customize template’ button.

The template has been customised. The background is an underwater reef and the character is a goldfish.

Sharing templates for students to use

You can share your customised template with your students. To share a copy they can complete and customise themselves:

Select ‘Share’ in the top right.
Select ‘Make template’.
Select save to ‘Create a public template link’.
Select ’ ‘Create template link’.
Once the resource has been published, select ‘Share’.
Change the access to ‘Anyone with the link’.
Select ‘Copy the link’.
Paste the link to provide it to your students.

Creating shared libraries

Consider setting up shared libraries for ongoing use of Adobe Express,. This keeps resources in one place, making it easier for students to find everything they need.

You will need a list of your students’ email addresses so that you can add them to the shared library.

Setting up a shared library

Select ‘Your stuff’ from the side menu
Select ‘Create new library’
Name your library (for example: YYYY-subject/grade-Teacher)
Begin adding content.

Screen recording showing the steps to set up a shared library.

Once you have added some initial content you can share the library with your students.

Sharing a library

Select the ‘+ People icon’ in the top right of the library menu
Copy and paste your students’ email addresses
Select ‘Invite to view and use’.

This method allows you to add customised templates directly to the library instead of distributing individual links.

Screen recording showing the steps outlined above.

Using templates or Educator Resources enables you to create visually engaging materials tailored to your students' needs with minimal time and effort.

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