Education: Adobe Project ROME.- Part 1

What is Project ROME for Education?
Available as a pilot program for school districts, Project ROME for Education lets students and educators express, collaborate and communicate ideas using graphics, photos, text, video, audio and animation in a simple, unified content creation and publishing environment to enhance the learning experience. Project ROME for Education is designed specifically for students in classroom settings.


 Why is Adobe offering Project ROME for Education? 

Adobe, the leader in creative software solutions, is offering Project ROME for Education to help equip educators with new ways to communicate, express, and educate students. Project ROME for Education helps enhance the learning experience and prepare students with 21st Century skills.

Who uses Project ROME for Education?
Project ROME for Education is ideal for large school districts and other education institutions that want to use digital media as part of their 21st Century learning and skills development efforts. Educators can use Project ROME for Education to create content that helps convey complex topics more visually, or use as an ideation and collaboration platform with other teachers and students.

I am an Educator and want to try out Project ROME for Education in my district or university. What do I do?

Adobe is offering a pilot program for Project ROME for Education. If you are interested in having your school district or institution participate, please go to http://rome.adobe.com/education and apply for the Pilot program. Eligibility criteria must be met for program acceptance. A member of the Adobe Education will contact qualified applicants with further information. Those in education who wish to try out Project ROME for Education individually can also go to http://rome.adobe.com/education to download the offering as part of the free preview program.

What makes Project ROME for Education a unified software toolset?
Project ROME for Education is an easy-to-use, unified software environment to create, aggregate, edit and publish digital content. The chart below outlines Project ROME for Education’s current capabilities:

	Create	Edit	Aggregate	Publish
Text	✓	✓	✓	Print materials, digital documents, presentations
Graphics	✓	✓	✓	Print materials, digital documents, presentations
Photos		✓	✓	Print materials, digital documents, presentations
Animation	✓	✓		Digital documents, presentations, websites, SWFs
Interactivity	✓	✓		Digital documents, presentations, websites, SWFs
Sound			✓	Digital documents, presentations
Video			✓	Digital documents, presentations

What can be produced with Project ROME for Education?
Project ROME for Education offers simple yet powerful tools to create a wide range of projects that can be published in various formats and options. Project ROME for Education publishes content out in PDF, SWF, JPG, PNG, SVG, or FXG file formats. Users can create a range of projects, from colorful presentations and printed materials like trip reports and multimedia presentations to short SWF animations.

What are the differences between the commercial version and the education version of Project ROME?
Project ROME for Education is specifically designed for use in K-12 student and other educational environments, and supports key information technology integration and Internet content protection requirements:

Features	Education Version	Commercial Version
Work with full range of media types	✓	✓
Publish full range of formats/projects	✓	✓
Google Apps/Moodle CMS (pilot program only)	✓	✓
Federated ID log-in	✓
Adobe ID log-in		✓
Web hosting		✓
Community Exchange		✓

Is Adobe moving towards offering more Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions?
Adobe has a diversified portfolio of solutions that are available as shrink-wrap, volume licensing, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings. Project ROME for Education is another great extension to the Adobe family of software solutions. As a SaaS offering, Project ROME for Education is unique in its ability to work as both a browser-based web application and as a desktop application for complete flexibility.

How much does Project ROME for Education cost?
Pricing is not determined yet. Project ROME for Education is currently available for trial as part of a free preview program. When it is released, Project ROME for Education will be offered as an affordable, paid subscription service for districts and institutions.

When is Project ROME for Education available?
Project ROME for Education is currently available as part of a pilot program, and for individual trial as part of a free preview program. A final release date has not yet been determined.

What languages do Project ROME for Education support? Where is it available?
Project ROME for Education is available only in English in the United States.

Project ROME for Education supports cloud-based computing. What does that mean, and can I share files “in the cloud”?
Project ROME for Education does support cloud-based computing, or the ability to share resources leveraging a common, seemingly virtual server. Project ROME for Education supports the ability to share files with others through Google® Apps for Education or Moodle^TM learning management system.

How is Project ROME for Education different than Adobe Creative Suite?
Project ROME for Education differs from Adobe Creative Suite® solutions in many ways. Project ROME for Education is designed for educators who want to use the power digital media as an effective way to educate, collaborate and communicate with students. Project ROME for Education’s tools, interface and capabilities are simple but powerful, and do not require expertise in design. The Adobe Creative Suite software is designed for experienced professionals requiring the breadth and depth of creative tools and advanced integrated workflows for high quality, professional results. Adobe Creative Suite customers operate the software on higher-performance desktop computers, and typically use the tools and workflows as part of their profession, creating everything from sophisticated advertising, print materials, books, magazines, interactive websites and online experiences to training video, feature films and television commercials viewed by audiences worldwide. Adobe Creative Suite 5 is available in a range of integrated suites for Web, Design and Video production (www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite).

How is Project ROME for Education different than Adobe Digital School Collections?
Adobe Digital School Collection (ADSC) is a collection of desktop software applications that leverage the power of desktop processing for image and video editing and organizing. Adobe Digital School Collection has a wider array of features including video and audio editing that Project ROME for Education does not currently offer. ADSC is only available for use in K-12 schools.

What are the eligibility requirements, system requirements and terms of use for Project ROME for Education?
For institutions that are interested in piloting the application, Project ROME for Education requires the institution to have Google Apps for Education and/or Moodle learning management system previously installed.

For institutions that are interested in piloting the application, Project ROME for Education requires the institution to have Google Apps for Education and/or Moodle learning management system previously installed.

Windows

• Intel® Pentium® 4, AMD Athlon® 64 processor or faster
• Microsoft® Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista® (SP2) or Windows 7
• Screen resolution 1024x600 or higher
• 2GB of RAM or more recommended
• Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1.x or higher for the web application
• Adobe® AIR® 2.0.3 or higher for the desktop application

Mac

• Intel Core™ Duo or faster
• OS X v10.5.x or higher
• Screen resolution 1024x600 or higher
• 2GB of RAM or more recommended
• Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1.x or higher for the web application
• Adobe® AIR® 2.0.3 or higher for the desktop application

Adobe® AIR® version 2.0.3 or higher is required. To download the latest Adobe® Air® version, visit: http://get.adobe.com/air.

Adobe® Flash® Player version 10.1 or higher is required. To download the latest Adobe Flash Player to support Project ROME for Education as a browser-based service, visit: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer.

Broadband Internet connection is required for online services. Project ROME for Education may be discontinued, in whole or in part, without notice and, while initially offered as a free public preview and a pilot program, may later be subject to subscription fees or other charges.

Does Project ROME for Education work with Apple iPhone, iPad, or iTouch, Google Droid® or other mobile devices?
Project ROME for Education does not currently work on mobile phones and devices.

How can educators find out more about Project ROME for Education?
Visit http://rome.adobe.com/education to learn more about Project ROME for Education. Educators can also visit Facebook®, Twitter®, and YouTube® for helpful information and product videos.

How can I get Project ROME for Education?
Visit http://rome.adobe.com/education to sign up your school or university as a candidate for the pilot program, or you can try out Project ROME for Education as an individual user. Explore the in-product tutorials and templates for quick product orientation.

How can educators supply feedback about Project ROME for Education?
Adobe welcomes all feedback on Project ROME for Education. Once a user joins the Project ROME for Education public preview program, there is access to the Project ROME forum where users can share their thoughts about Project ROME for Education in a community environment. Educators can also provide direct feedback and product ideas to Adobe by joining the forum at http://forums.adobe.com/community/projectrome/educators, or sending mail to ROME_feedback@adobe.com.