Welcome to the PACE guide for staffing an online tournament as a moderator or scorekeeper. This guide currently only covers staffing a Discord tournament, although a Zoom guide is coming soon. For guides for directing, playing or coaching at an online tournament see here.
This guide assumes that you have staffed at least one in-person quizbowl tournament before. If not, please see TBD on quizbowl basics.
General Information
- Quick Overview of Online Tournaments
- Online Moderating Basics
- Finding Online Tournaments
- Equipment You’ll Need
- Rules for Online Tournaments
Discord Tournaments:
- Discord Basics
- Discord Settings
- Joining the Discord Server for a Tournament
- Adding Teams To Your Room
- Moderating and Scorekeeping a Match on Discord
- Getting Help during a Discord Tournament
- Creating a Neg5 Account for Keeping Score
- Discord Troubleshooting
Zoom Tournaments:
- Creating your room
- Preparing before the day of the tournament
- The day of the tournament
- Moderating and scorekeeping a match on Zoom (BuzzIn.Live method)
- Moderating and scorekeeping a match on Zoom (built-in chat method)