We know attending all Orientation sessions isn't always possible. However, the sessions are informative and engaging, ensuring you have the information needed for a great start at Deakin. We recommend attending as many sessions as you can, even if they're not compulsory. If you miss a mandatory induction session, contact your course director for advice.

If you miss Orientation and OWeek, don’t worry. We record online Orientation sessions so you can watch them later. We also offer late arriving sessions for international students that arrive late.

If you are an undergraduate, your recordings will be available in UniStart (undergraduate students) under the ‘Orientation Sessions’ tab. If you are a postgraduate, your recordings will be available in Preparing to Succeed (postgraduate students) under the ‘Orientation sessions’ tab.

These sites also offer helpful guides with study tips and spaces to connect with your learning community.

We offer a large range of Orientation sessions online, ensuring all students have access to them. All sessions have an interactive element to help you learn the most about studying at Deakin.

You can register in your Orientation program to join the live online sessions which run during Prepare Week, OWeek and Week 1.

The sessions are also recorded and available to watch at a later date in UniStart (undergraduate students) or Preparing to Succeed (postgraduate students).

Yes, we offer an online Orientation program with live sessions running Prepare Week, OWeek and Week 1. All sessions have an interactive element to help you learn the most about studying at Deakin. You can view the sessions in your Orientation program.

The sessions are also recorded and available to watch at a later date in UniStart (undergraduate students) or Preparing to Succeed (postgraduate students).

Your Orientation program is a tailored list of events and activities you should attend during the Orientation period. You can view your Orientation program in TargetConnect.

Your Orientation program events will open for registration in TargetConnect on the following dates:

• Trimester 1 2025 – Monday 3 February.
• Trimester 2 2025 – Monday 2 June.
• Trimester 3 2025 – Monday 29 September.

View your Orientation program now

You must register for all Orientation sessions. This will enable us to send you a link to join each session online. You’ll find the registration details in the session description in your Orientation program.

On-campus Orientation events and activations including DUSA events are also listed in your Orientation program. You will need to register for some on-campus events and activations.

TargetConnect

TargetConnect is available to all students who have a Deakin username and password and are enrolled.

1. Please note that account activation and enrolment can take 24 hours to update across all Deakin systems.
2. We recommend all commencing students to activate their username and password as soon as possible.
3. Access to pre-registration will be granted to students without a username and password on Wednesday 12 February. NOTE: If you get your username and password prior to your sessions or events and log in as a student you will need to re-register or use your original registration to attend and check-in at events and sessions.
4. You will receive a confirmation email and a calendar invite which we recommend you save to your Deakin Outlook Calendar.
5. Links to the event page and join the session are in your confirmation email and your calendar invite.
6. A reminder email will be sent one hour prior to the event/session.
7. You can manage your session and event registrations in TargetConnect (cancel, change session time and join the session etc.).
8. IMPORTANT: The join the session link becomes active when the event time goes live.

Eventbrite

Some early enrolment and Orientation events require registration through Eventbrite. Instructions for Eventbrite access are below.

Create a new Eventbrite account with your Deakin email to avoid issues. If you have a personal Eventbrite account, log in to access your session. If you forgot your password, reset it to gain access.

1. Once you have logged into your Eventbrite account, you can register for the Orientation event.
2. You will then receive the following Eventbrite reminders:
   1. 2 days prior to the session – a reminder email with more details for the session.
   2. 2 hours prior to the session – a second reminder email with a link to Eventbrite where you can join the session.
   3. 10 minutes prior to the session – an email invite to join now with a link to Eventbrite where you can join the session.
3. We recommend joining your session ten minutes prior to the session start time so you are ready to go.

Zoom

Zoom links do not require a password. We suggest you download Zoom to your device prior to the session.

For more information about using Zoom, read our Zoom FAQs.