GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Gmail Account Requirement: Access to our electronic folder is essential. Please ensure you have a Gmail account set up for this purpose.
Laptop Requirements: It is imperative that you bring your own laptop. For Mac users, please remember to bring an HDMI interface/adapter as well.
Paper Folder Collection: Upon your arrival, please obtain your paper folder from the Owlypia coordinator present at the site.
Early Arrival: We request that you arrive in the hall 30 minutes prior to the event's start time. This will allow adequate time for setup.
Challenge Room Entry: To maintain the integrity of the challenges, teachers and parents are not permitted in the challenge room.
Team Verification: Before commencing each challenge, please announce all team names and ensure that teams are correctly situated in their designated room.
Software Setup: Prior to starting each challenge, remember to click the "CLEAR LOCAL SESSION" button once.
Instruction Briefing: At the beginning of each challenge, please clearly explain the instructions to the students.
Grade Recording: Once the challenges are completed, please quickly transfer your grades to the Google Sheet using the link provided in the email you initially received.
Paper Form Submission: Before departing the venue, submit all paper forms to the Owlypia coordinator.

CHALLENGE INSTRUCTIONS

Select the room and enter the pin provided via email.
Show the "Instructions for Impromptu Challenge" screen to the students and explain the rules in detail.
Click the IMPROMPTU CHALLENGE button.
Call students one by one in the designated order and mark them in the "Choose" column.
Click the THINK button to allow them to get prepared for 1 minute. They are allowed to use their gadgets this time.
Click the TALK button for 2 minutes. Gadgets are not allowed!
Choose the next student.
Absent students? Please untick the students who have not shown up in the "Completed" column.

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Please Remember to enter all students' scores in the sheet in your judge folder after the competition (if you've used pen&paper for marking).

Select the room and enter the pin provided via email
Display and explain the "Instructions for Speech Craft Challenge" to students
Please be advised that in some cases, a team may need to talk twice. Please check the whole list and inform the team beforehand.
Call the teams in the given order.
Inform each team if they are on the affirmative or negative side.
Provide the debate topic to both teams.
Allow 7 minutes for teams to prepare. Gadgets are allowed this time.
Each team member gets 2 minutes to present their speech. Gadgets are not allowed!
After all speeches, each team gets 2 minutes for rebuttals.

Start with a member from the affirmative team, followed by a member from the negative team. Continue this pattern until all members have spoken.
Remember to keep the time: you may simply click on the TALK button.
After the challenge, record all students' scores in the sheet in your judge folder.

Select the room and enter the PIN code provided via email.
Show the "Knowledge Challenge" instruction screen to the students and explain the rules in detail..
Help students who cannot find their exam link by locating it from the list.

Access the Pendown Essay Evaluation System via the provided link.
Teams log in with their registered team name and password.
Students write essays based on age-appropriate topics displayed on their screen.
Essay requirements: minimum 100 words, maximum 1000 words.
Each team can submit only once per season.
Essays are automatically evaluated by AI based on four criteria (25 points each):

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