RESOURCES
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Tabroom Tutorials (Students)
Judge Training Materials
Necessary Accounts & Platforms
How to Use Online Ballots
Lighting Tutorial for Online Performance
Glossary of Terms
What Event Should I Do? (Quiz)
TABROOM TUTORIALS
HOW TO SIGN UP FOR NAT CIRC
Team members are encouraged to register for National Circuit tournaments independently. Coaches will then approve the student request. Please register as soon as you know you are able to prepare and attend. Click the photo above to view Elise Matton’s tutorial for how to sign up through tabroom.com.
HOW TO ACCESS YOUR BALLOTS
Online competition = online ballots. It’s easy to access your online ballots through tabroom! Click the photo above view the tutorial. (Thanks, Elise!)
HOW TO SIGN UP FOR TABROOM
Your tabroom account will be your key to online competition. Make sure you follow directions! Click the photo above to view the tutorial from the NSDA.
JUDGE TRAINING RESOURCES
NECESSARY ACCOUNTS & PLATFORMS
EMHS - LOCAL TOURNAMENT
JUDGE TRAINING
Courtesy of District Chair Hannah Flake, please feel free to review how our online tournaments work in state this season. Click the photo to view the training video.
CREATING A TABROOM ACCOUNT FOR JUDGES
Online competition = online ballots. But before you can access or complete your ballots, you’ll need to have a Tabroom account. Click the photo above to view the tutorial for Judge tabroom accounts.
HOW TO USE NSDA CAMPUS
(DEBATE JUDGES)
If you are judging debate, you’ll need to navigate NSDA Campus—the platform designed by the National Speech & Debate Association to support safe online competition. Click the photo above to watch the tutorial.
JUDGE TRAINING RESOURCES
BALLOTS, etc.
HOW TO USE ONLINE BALLOTS IN TABROOM
Click the photo above to view the NSDA’s tutorial for using online ballots on Tabroom.
ONLINE BALLOTS FOR SPEECH
If you are judging speech, click the photo above to view a tutorial for filling out Speech ballots.
ONLINE BALLOTS FOR DEBATE
If you are judging speech, click the photo above to view a tutorial for filling out Speech ballots.
FOR MORE JUDGE RESOURCES,
including instructional videos for each event,
please visit the “first time judge” page.
Thank you for judging!
Lighting Effects Tutorial
Glossary of Terms
Why does your Event Captain keep talking about hitting kids from other schools?
Why are the LD kids always talking about spreading when I don’t even have a bagel. Did they get bagels?
Who does POI in a suit? Isn’t POI for Coachella?
The answers to all your Speech & Debate vocab questions are here.
WHAT EVENT SHOULD I DO?
Take a quick quiz from our Leadership Team to see what Speech & Debate event is right for you!