Media Composer Academic Student Download and Activation Process
Process for new Academic Student download and activation:
To begin:
- Students, Institutions and faculty who purchase a physical box license, will receive an Activation Card with a download code printed on it – which looks something like:
M7EDUxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxx
- Go to https://account.avid.com/activation and login and enter that download code. Doing this will add your Media Composer Academic license download to your Avid.com account at account.avid.com and provide you with further instructions along with the required academic verification code (EDU-xxxxxx…… ) to use at the Identit-e website.
- If you purchased the software from our Avid online store, your Media Composer Academic license download will be automatically added to your Avid.com account at account.avid.com. You will still need to follow the instructions along with the required academic verification code (EDU-xxxxxx……) to use at the Identit-e website.
Then:
1. Download the Media Composer 7.0.x installer – again this can be found in your Avid.com account at account.avid.com under "Product Not Yet Download".
2. In your account you will see an academic validation code, which is different than the code on the Activation Card with instructions to go to www.identit-e.com/avid
3. Go to www.identit-e.com/avid and enter this code on the page and provide your personal information that is requested. This will validate your current academic status.
4. Once your status is verified, Identit-E will email a new verified activation code to use at account.avid.com. You will need to login to your account, and activate the code provided. This will release the System ID, Activation ID, and all required 3rd party serial numbers for the additional software. The benefit is that this information will then always live within the My Account.
5. If you do NOT receive the email from Identi-e, please check your spam folder before contacting Avid.
6. Launch Media Composer 7.0.x and follow the prompts to activate the software using the System ID and Activation ID.
7. Note that Academic Licenses contain the Interplay option as an added feature as many schools are moving to Interplay and Avid wants to ensure connectivity.
8. Register your software at www.avid.com/register
For MC Academic student licenses, this is mandatory so that you will become eligible for your 4 years of free upgrades*
* For students who are eligible for free upgrades when new software is released:
1. Go to http://www.avid.com/US/support/upgrade-academic-free
2. Enter your system ID and Activation ID along with your name and email from your registration
3. If all is entered correctly and the license is registered, you will receive access to then upgrade.
Note: Maintenance updates such as 6.5.3, 7.0.2 etc. are obtained via the Download Center and are not available via the Academic free site. New versions such as 6.0, 6.5, and 7.0 should be obtained on the Academic free site.