Electronic Signature service coming to PSU

Our e-Signature project team first reached out to campus stakeholders in June to collect feedback on what PSU departments would look for in an opt-in, paid, centrally-managed Electronic Signature service. After reviewing the feedback, the project team evaluated eight products for:

• Required features
• Desired features 
• Price

We’re excited to announce that Adobe Sign is the product we will offer to interested campus departments, and hope that a centralized, OIT-supported solution will reduce departmental costs and improve processes.

Why did we select Adobe Sign? 

While there were several strong competitors, Adobe Sign stood out for a few reasons:

• Price—We identified price as a key consideration by campus stakeholders, and Adobe Sign offered the lowest price out of the products that met all of our needs.
• Features—Adobe Sign is a very feature rich e-signature platform that met all of our requirements and was comparable to the most feature rich options on the market.
• Accessibility—Adobe Sign is among the strongest products on the marketplace for digital accessibility features, which aligns with PSU’s values of access, inclusion, and equity.
• Plan Flexibility/Reduced Risk—With the Adobe Sign plan, we can purchase additional transactions as we need them without any premium or penalty. Additionally, by purchasing through an educational technology consortium, we gain more negotiating power with Adobe in future contract renewals.

When will the service be available?

We expect this service to be available to departments for opt-in starting in late January 2021. We will be working with some predetermined pilot groups (some with prior e-signature experience and some without) starting in December to get feedback and help improve the service before the service is available.

What's next?

We expect to send out two additional updates during our implementation process—one halfway through implementation, and one near when the service launches. This will include information such as:

• How to opt-in to the service
• Project schedule
• Product features
• Chargeback process
• Training materials

If you or your department are  interested in learning more about this optional, paid service, please complete this e-Signature Communication Updates form.