Providing Technology Support to Parents

Parents and families of Blair students are important members of our community.  The technology team fields support requests from parents when issues arise related to logging in to the parent portal or submitting health forms.  We encourage parents who are having difficulty with either logging into the parent portal or submitting required information to send an email to the Blair ticketing system so that a member of our technology team can be in touch.

Viewing Past Livestream Events

Blair Academy maintains a Livestream account for live streaming of many popular events.  The channel can be accessed at this URL https://livestream.com/blairacademy and includes a list of upcoming events.  In addition to live-viewing, archived past events can be viewed at any time such as Vocal Ensembles, Instrumental Ensembles, Guest Speaker Events, Commencement, Baccalaureate, and Skeptics.

Library Database Moves to the Cloud

Last school year the library database was moved to the cloud. For the first time, the technology team is able to bulk upload student information into the database.  This saves time since librarians are no longer entering student information by hand.  It is also easier to manage and rely upon since it is less dependent on local conditions such as power surges or black outs.

New Controls for AV in Clinton and Bogle

The classroom audio visual systems in several classroom in Clinton Hall and Bogle Hall have received a redesign thanks to Assistant Director of Technology Sean Lex.  The new controls streamline switching inputs, and incorporate an audio jack for connecting to sound without the projector.  Old VGA wire connections have been upgraded to HDMI ports to keep up with the changing design of newer faculty laptops.