Fall Conference

2023 OSDA Fall Coaches Conference ARTIFACTS

Hall of Fame

2024 Hall of Fame Nomination Form

Competition Committee

2023-2024 Competition Updates

Congress Legislation - First Submissions Due October 1 to Congress Liaisons

2024 State Finals @ Wooster

Staffing Nomination

Overview Tentative Time Schedule

Detailed Tentative Time Schedule

Bid Tournament Checklists (Tentative)

Tournament Hosts

District Chairs

Revised MS Manuals (Tentative)

MS Tournament Operations Manual

MS Ccompetitive Evens Manual

OSDA Statement on Generative AI

Current:  
The OSDA considers use of any generative AI system during OSDA competition to be a violation of the organization's ethical standards.

Revisions under consideration, including:
The OSDA recognizes that generative AI provides educational opportunities for students and is expanding in its applications.  While generative AI can be used to guide students to articles, ideas, and sources, the OSDA asserts that using or paraphrasing text from generative AI as a student’s original work in competition is a violation of the OSDA’s ethical standards.  Additionally, text from generative AI cannot be used as evidence in a round (debate, congress, extemp).  The original source of any quoted or paraphrased evidence must be available if requested. 

Educational Sessions

How to create great visuals and all things Informative

2021 Fall Conference Videos

Best Practices for Competing and Practicing Remotely

Tiger Talk

Student Mental Health: Leaving the Pandemic and heading into Normalcy

SpeechWire and Registering for the OSDA 

New Coaches

Debate Across the Curriculum

DEIJ

Coaching Help - Congress Mock Session