As a best practice, we encourage students to create their own account (username & password) at www.speechanddebate.org/join before they are added to a roster. Students can then sign into their NSDA account and request access to their team’s student roster. Their request can be confirmed by their NSDA advisor. Check out our instructions for accepting a pending request!
As a coach, if you need to add a student that hasn’t requested access to your NSDA roster, you can:
- Log into your NSDA account
- Use the “search records” bar located at the top of your screen to search for an individual’s name.
- Copy their NSDA ID number.
- Navigate to your school roster page
- Click the + Add Student button and on the next screen, click the green Add Existing Student button. On the next screen, paste in their NSDA ID number and then click Add when their name appears in the results list. You will be asked to confirm their addition to your roster. Upon clicking Confirm, they will be placed on your roster.
If a student does not already have their own NSDA account, you can add them manually:
- Log into your NSDA account and navigate to your school roster.
- Click the green +Add Student button and then click the green Add New Student option that appears on the next screen.
- Enter the student’s First and Last name and their graduation year. You can also add their email address and middle name if you wish.
- Click the Add button to place the new student on your roster.
- Once on the roster, students can add a password to their NSDA account by using the password reset link: https://speechanddebate.org/reset-password. Advisors may also generate a password for students by clicking on the Edit icon on the right side of the row with their name. After clicking the Edit icon, click the Reset Password button that will appear above the student’s name. The randomly generated password will be displayed for you to copy and send to your student.