Hello all, The new season is starting, and there are some cool new debateresults things I wanted to give you a heads-up about, and also encourage you to take care of some of the normal start-of-the-year stuff. You might want to print this email and distribute it to your squad.
Most of all, please TAKE A MOMENT NOW to do normal beginning of the year maintenance. Go to the "enter, edit, and remove names" link in the top-left box. Mark as inactive any students who won't be competing this year (due to graduation, etc.). Mark as unaffiliated any judges who are no longer associated with your school. Click the "edit your account" button to change the email for yourself or any of the primary contacts. Here are the cool new things that are happening: First, the CAT, a piece of software designed as the next generation of STA and TRPC, is now on the website along with a manual and instructional videos. If you're hosting a tournament, expect more information on that soon. Second, the CAT allows some cool new things, like emailed pairings personalized to the school, on-line ballot entry and ballot comments, real-time results, sortable on-line pairings, and the like. They are described below. Third, you can manage your squad email and cell phone contact info through the website, and I strongly encourage you to do so. This will (a) allow you to email your squad and district, (b) allow tournaments to email your squad (not just you) pairings, and (c) allow tournaments to have judge contact information on-line, so they don't have to collect it at registration. This should speed up tournaments for everyone because it will reduce those rounds where the last ballot out has walked away and nobody can find the judge. These are the new features that will be accessible for any tournament that runs on the CAT: To access the email functions: Click the "Manage/Send email" link in the top-left box. There are some instructions you'll need to get things set up. When the emails are entered your squad is set up to receive emailed pairings. To view sortable pairings or real-time results: Click on the college policy calendar, and then the "pairings" or "real-time" link. To enter cites for a round you scouted or judged, load the on-line pairings and click the "enter cites" button. This scouting information will be available to everyone. To view the cites others have entered: click the "view citations" in the lower-right. To view comments judges have entered with their on-line ballots: Click the "View Judge ballot comments" in the lower-right. Only someone logged in with your school's password can view the comments. Let me know if you see glitches, and thanks to all for the use of the page! _______________________________________________ CEDA-L mailing list [email protected] http://www.ndtceda.com/mailman/listinfo/ceda-l
