New Debate Judges

New Debate Judges

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL - PLEASE REVIEW BEFORE COMING TO OFFICE HOURS

· If you do not already have an in Tabroom.com, please create one as soon as possible. Instructions are here, and it takes around five minutes.

· Take a look at the following videos:

o Introduction to judging Public Forum Debate (~ 16 minutes) - here.

o How to enter a ballot on Tabroom.com (~ 6 minutes) - here. Note - We made this video for judges participating in online tournaments. Using Tabroom is almost the same at an in-person tournament. Of course, you won't click on the video icon to get to a video conferencing room. Instead, you will go to the classroom as soon as you get your assignment and have clicked the START button.

o How to take notes ("flow") a debate round (~9 minutes) - here.

o Optional - If you would like to see an example of a debate round, you can watch this video (~ 40 minutes) - here.

If you have questions, please contact Joshua Cohen (jcohen1964@gmail.com). Please tell me what school you are from and what type of debate you are judging (if you know) - either Public Forum (two students on each side) or Lincoln Douglas (one student on each side).