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Staff Development Online

Deakin Studies Online (DSO) is Deakin University's online teaching and learning environment which aims to enhance both on and off-campus learning.

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Privacy Statement
When you visit DSO we collect general information about your visit. The information collected will be used only for student and university administration purposes. For details of the University Privacy policy and procedure please refer to The Guide.

DSO outage information

DSO-Blackboard will be unavailable from 5pm Friday 5th till 8am Monday 8th December

News and updates

Blackboard Outage (28/11/08)
There will be a weekend long outage starting 5:00pm Friday 5th till 8:00am Monday 8th December to perform maintenance on the database.

Printing from DSO - Blackboard (28/10/08)
Students should always use the print icon 'Print' icon in the top right hand corner of the screen to print from within DSO–Blackboard. Not doing so will yield inconsistent results, such as blank or unreadable pages that students will be required to pay for.

Need help with DSO?
Check out the complete list of all DSO quick guides and step guides.