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The MSDL and many National Circuit tournaments use tabroom.com to manage tournaments. Each competitor and judge must make an account in order to receive timely communication, round postings and ballots.
Instructions for creating an account are here: http://docs.tabroom.com/Sign_Up
MSDL Online Tournament Guide - This is written for locally sponsored tournaments but contains great tech tips for getting connected successfully in online tournaments using the NSDA campus platform which is part of tabroom.com. The event specific sections pertain to MSDL tournaments...if judging at a different event look for information provided by the tournament for their event rules and procedures.
For Public Forum Judges, this document will take you through a "day in the life" and also explain e-ballots and creating paradigms in tabroom.com. The author is a long time coach in New York, and it is written with some humor. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to be in touch.
Creating a paradigm in tabroom.com: http://docs.tabroom.com/Paradigms
MORE INFORMATION ON JUDGING AND ELECTRONIC BALLOTS
How to judge PF video (Local Circuit) (~ 17 minutes) - here.
Public Forum Debate Specifics (National Circuit level) - here.
How to take notes (flow) in a debate round (~ 9 minutes) - here.
A description of good and bad ballot writing: Debate Ballot Examples
An MSDL demonstration round (~ 40 minutes) - here.
How to use TABROOM to enter electronic ballots - here
A nice video on how to navigate Tabroom.com - how to find information about the tournament you are judging, etc. - here.
For Lincoln Douglas judges: How to judge LD
Creating a paradigm in tabroom.com: http://docs.tabroom.com/Paradigms
How to use TABROOM to enter electronic ballots - here
A nice video on how to navigate Tabroom.com - how to find information about the tournament you are judging, etc. - here.
For Speech Judges:
Note: Judges for all MSDL tournaments must have graduated from high school unless otherwise noted in the posted tournament invitation.
Instructional videos
How to use electronic ballots in speech rounds using Tabroom - here.
Judging at a speech tournament: The basics - here.
Documents
The above material is pulled from the page https://www.msdlonline.org/speech-judge-resources.html
A nice video on how to navigate Tabroom.com - how to find information about the tournament you are judging, etc. - here.
For Congress Judges: How to judge Congress
For all judges
The NSDA offers online training for events here: https://www.speechanddebate.org/judge-training/
USING NSDA CAMPUS to judge online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocCK7jasgGc
Using Online Ballots (all events) written document: http://docs.tabroom.com/Judging#Online_Ballots
Speech judges: (please note that this doc was written for a specific tournament but includes the basic info. that you need for any tournament - you can ignore the references to Mardi Gras.) documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A89bb4700-23cb-41ac-8927-1de293900c7a
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