Settings/Judging
Add New Judge Category
After you click Add New Judge Category you will see this screen
In this screen you just need to enter a name for the judge category, save and the screen will appear as under Register.
Register
Name - This is just the name of the judge group. Should usually be something like "Policy" or "Individual Events."
Suppress judge codes (names only) - When checked, judges will appear on schematics and registration information with their names, instead of a judge code like "733."
Start judge codes with - Lets you set a prefix for the judge codes in this group, like "POL" for policy judges, so that you would have judges codes like "POL356" or "LD229" instead of just numbers.
Publish the list of judges online - Controls whether the list of registered judges will be available on your tournament's public website.
Require judges to have linked accounts - This will force all judges to have their judge entries "linked" to a tabroom account, which is necessary for Online Ballots to function correctly.
Require judge accounts to have phone numbers - toggle to require judges to have phone numbers entered in tabroom
Ask for judge departure times at registration - toggle to require judges enter when they will no longer be available to judge at the tournament when a school registers.
Judge details due - deadline for entering judge notes
Abbreviation, max 4 letters: - This abbreviation will be used in various places throughout Tabroom to make things easier to read and make printouts align better, etc. It's recommended you set an abbreviation for each judge group.
Show judge contact info on reg sheets - toggle to show judge contact information on registration sheets for confirmation
Ask for judge qualifications and histories - This option will ask registering schools to provide a short description of each judge's qualifications and judging history. Note that this is separate from and in addition to the normal judge Paradigms.
Ask for parliamentarians - toggle to ask schools to mark judges qualified and/or interested in being parliamentarians for Congressional Debate.
Registrants can mark first year outs - When checked, registering schools will be given the option of marking a judge as a "first year out," i.e. that it's their first year judging. You can then use other options in the Judge Group and Event settings to make first-year judges free strikes, prevent them from seeing certain events/divisions, etc.
Label for FYOs: -
Registrants can mark neutral judges - Registering schools will be able to mark judges they enter as "neutral," which means that they are allowed to judge their own school's entries. This can be useful when schools bring judges to the tournament who aren't actually affiliated with their program and do no coaching, so would not normally be considered "constrained" from judging that school.
Allow judge double-entry in other categories - This lets schools enter judges in multiple events. You should only enable this option if you're sure about what you're doing and that your schedule contains no overlap - otherwise it's very easy to find yourself with double-scheduled judges that can't actually be in two places at once.
Ask to specify an alternate group - This will ask the registering school to provide an "alternate" group for the judge, so that you can move judges into their "second choice" judge group if necessary, for example to even out judge numbers between events.
Entries per judge owed - Enter a value here if you want to require one judge for a certain number of entries in the events in this judge group. This is usually used in Individual Events, not Debate events.
Rounds owed per entry - Enter the number of rounds of judging required to "cover" each entry. This is the method normally used for Debate events.
Fee per judge in attendance - enter a value to charge a school per judge entered.
Fee per judge obligation, hired or registered - enter a value to charge a school based on the total amount of judge obligation for their school
Drops do not count against judge burden - toggle to allow dropping entries to reduce a school's judging obligation
Hires
Offer tournament hired judging - Unlike the Hiring Exchange, which lets judges and schools match up judging themselves, this option enables offering judging provided directly by the tournament.
Registrant cannot cancel accepted hires - toggle to prevent schools from cancelling hired judging and related charges.
Hire Deadline - set a time and date that cuts off schools from requesting hired judging
Charge for each whole judge hired -
Charge for each entry covered by hires
Enable Judge Exchange - This will enable a "Hiring Exchange" for your tournament. Judges will then be able to "offer" hired rounds of judging, (see the section on Judging), and schools registering will be able to "claim" offered rounds via the website, without you needing to intervene or manage the judges yourself.
Conflict exchange-hired judging
Enable Public Judge Signups
Signup Deadline
Tabbing
Pairing Settings
Prevent back to back rounds - toggle to not allow judges to judge two consecutive rounds
Judges can get the same event twice - toggle that allows judges to judge multiple rounds in the same event
Do not let judge pools override categories -
Allow panels w/same school judges - toggle to allow panels of judges to have more than one judge from the same school
Allow panels w/same region judges - toggle to allow panels of judges to have more than one judge from the same region
Randomize judge assignments -
Use diversity tracking -
Show diversity opt-ins on prefs - toggle to allow judges to mark themselves as diversity enhancing judge
Show training ballot online -
Training ballot Name -
Training Location -
Training Time -
Tabulation Settings
Ballot Entry Method - Choose which method to use for confirming/double-checking ballot entry. Your choices are:
- "Enter twice; 2nd must match" - each ballot must be entered twice before showing as complete (preferably by two different people, to prevent mistakes).
- "Visual scan with confirmation" - After entering a ballot, you will be shown a review of your entered data and asked to confirm it.
- "Live dangerously; no required double-check - This option will mark a ballot as completed after a single entry, though you can still double-enter them if you wish, and will be notified of any mismatch.
Show entry names not codes on ballot manual entry -
Show ballot entry index by entry code not by judge -
Show school codes on ballot entry - This controls whether the ballot entry screen contains the school code or not.
Ballot Options
List Entry Names List Entry First Names IE: Piece titles/question IE: Space for times School codes School names IE: List Speaker Order Entry Region Codes Space for judge signature Ask judges for phone numbers ballots
Ratings
Strikes, judging ratings, mutually-preferred judging
Judge registration deadline Prefs open Prefs due
Registration Settings
No prefs until judge obligations met Ask for judge paradigms during registration No prefs unless all judges have paradigms Judges may self-identify as diversity enhancing Free Strikes don't meet judge obligations First year out judges are free strikes Do not pref free strikes Pref/strike pool
Conflicts
Enter conflicts separately Include conflicts in ordinals' denominator