Explore the Trades
The pandemic dragged us all online and no one was presented with more challenges than educators and school boards. In 2021, we worked with the Halton District School Board to create a high-load event website that would allow them to promote technological education and skilled trades board-wide without the ability to host in-person events.
Blueprint created a website that hosted more than 20,000 grade 7 and 8 students for a virtual fair. The site had three purposes:
- Provide information about the trades that students can explore before and after the event
- Host more than 40 individual sessions where students could interact with employees in various skilled trades fields
- Provide access to learning materials that students and their teachers can use to further their understanding of the trades.
Results
Through the use of embedded video and graphics, the site held the attention of senior elementary students and provided teachers with an easy-to-use platform three years in a row. Blueprint provided event day support and high-resource servers to ensure stable connections for every student.
