NSDA Campus Update

No, any adult representing an educational institution may purchase NSDA Campus rooms for tournament use. Practice rooms are available exclusively for NSDA member schools for free through their account. 

$6 per room per day. We are committed to keeping the pricing simple and as low as we can sustainably provide, which is why NSDA Campus is not customizable. There are no exceptions to the policy and no refunds or credits available for unused rooms.

Yes. There are several layers of security built in to the system to prevent things like “bombing,” trolling, and other forms of unauthorized use. Because rooms are only accessible via a Tabroom.com or NSDA account, they are very secure.

NSDA Campus is built using open source video conferencing software and does not use a commercial service like Zoom.

Any device that accesses the internet and can use Google Chrome or a mobile app (iOS/Android). Depending on your event, you may also need access to a microphone or camera. 

NSDA Campus has the basics needed to run a virtual speech and debate competition. This includes videoconferencing, chat, in-round file sharing, contact forms, hand raising, the ability to create general purpose tournament rooms, a meeting squad room for each participating school, access to online ballots via Tabroom.com, and room access permissions aligned with Tabroom.com tournament permissions. NSDA Campus is a synchronous use platform.

NSDA Campus doesn’t provide event management and tournament setup support, event insurance, the ability to brand the space for your tournament,, automated Extemp draw, event recording or livestreaming (without a third-party application), on-call technology and tournament administration support, the ability to control screen view at the tournament level (and therefore offer split-screen Duo), breakout rooms, or rooms over roughly 15 people.

It is recommended that no more than fifteen users be in a room at a time to ensure video and audio quality. The platform will not automatically limit the number of users in a room. If you feel you’ll need rooms that hold more users, you may want to use a different platform for those events/gatherings.

In order to keep costs low and provide a high quality experience for participants, NSDA Campus competition rooms are only open to the participants and judges and not observers.

Visit our Campus Tech page for more information.

Any tournament hosted and run by an adult representing an educational institution may purchase  NSDA Campus rooms. For step by step instructions on how to do so please refer to the NSDA Campus Training Materials.

NSDA Campus can be used on both Tabroom.com and Speechwire.com. If you have questions about using NSDA Campus on Speechwire.com please contact their support team via their website.

Please contact info@speechanddebate.org if the answers to your questions are not located in the Training Materials, on the Tech Information page, our Online Tournament Guide, or in this FAQ. Please understand we are not accepting tournament customization requests or pricing adjustment requests at this time.