BOZEMAN — Montana State University’s Digital Literacy Integration team received an $80,000 grant from Adobe to fund several fellowships and grants helping faculty prepare students for a workforce that prioritizes digital skills.
The DigLit team, part of MSU’s Academic Technology and Outreach, supports students and faculty across campus in using Adobe software for videography, design, portfolios and other projects. The team hosts workshops and events and spearheads MSU’s Digital Literacy Grant Program.
The funding from Adobe will support a new round of digital literacy grants for the new academic year, helping faculty revise assignments to include Adobe technology and guiding students through creating digital portfolios. Students’ hands-on experience in content creation and digital communication will provide them with skills necessary for their future careers, said Nicole Hopkins, instructional technology support specialist for ATO.
Adobe recognizes MSU as an international leader in this area and, in 2025, named the university as one of just nine Creative Campus Innovators, institutions that lead the way in equipping students for a digital world.
“This grant funding will allow our team to continue and expand our existing partnerships with faculty and support students’ digital literacy and technical skills, particularly in disciplines where Adobe and other digital tools are not common,” Hopkins said.
Since 2019, the DigLit team has awarded 35 faculty grants to support more than 50 courses across disciplines at MSU. Examples during the 2024-25 grant cycle include College of Letters and Science students in a psychological statistics class who learned to visually report data using videos and other mediums and College of Arts and Architecture film students who developed ePortfolios to showcase their work for future employers.
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