- The document describes an online debate platform called Mixidea that allows up to 6 people to participate in parliamentary style debates over video chat. Key features include supporting debates on a variety of topics across borders, using a North American debate style, and providing tools for preparation, speeches, points of information, and reflection. Step-by-step instructions are provided on how to join a debate through Chrome browser and participate using the microphone, chat functions, and other controls.

1. - Online debate platform -

2. About Online Debate
• Mixidea is developed for the purpose that all people in the
world can easily discuss about variety of topics (ie: politics,
economics, social matter,religion, international Relationship)
• The discussion is done with Pearilamentary Debate rule.
• Through Debate dedicated user interface and voice chat, all
debater can discuss as you are discussing face to face.
• Cross border discussion and making up a team with unknown
people is recommended to enhance your view points

3. Debate style
• Only North American style is supported as of now
Government Opposition
1st: Prime Minister 2nd: Leader Opposition
3rd: Member Government 4th: Member Opposition
5th: Leader Opposition Reply6th:Prime Minister Reply
1st to 4th speeches are 7 minutes
5th and 6th speeches are 4 minutes
4 debaters and 2 adjucator is recommended participants

4. Usage Environment
Supported Environment
Device: Desktop PC, Laptop, Netbook
Browser Chrome
Not Supported Environment
Device: iPAD, iphone is not available
Browser: Internet Explore, Safari, Firefox is not available

5. Limitation
• Maximum 6 people can join at a time.
• If more than 6 people join, the speech might
be disconnected.

6. Step by Step Procedure
To enter debate video call

7. Launch Chrome
UnSubscribe
購読の終了
(1) Click Chroome Icon and Launch browser
(2) Input url : mixidea.org

8. Login Mixidea
(3) Click Login button
(4) Facebook Login button will appear
And click and login with facebook account

9. Chose the event you will join
List of events
Chose one of
Event to join
Invited events
Or
Already joined
Events

10. Go to Video Call
(4) click “Going” to join
(5) “Goto Video call button ” appear after
You click “Going”
Maximum number of pariticipants is 6
(6) When the event time come,
Click here and join video call

11. Join video call
Joining debate will fail if you do not use chrome.
If this dialog appear, your environment is not available for online debate

12. Activate microphone and webcamera
Please allow the microphone usage

13. Decide video call setting
If you want to show your face on a call,
You can click righ webcamera
If you can show only facebook icon.
Default setting is okay
If you are using old pc or mobile, you can use
Low performance mode.
But it is always better to use the high performance PC
Goto Video Call by
Clickng “Joing Debate” button

14. Voice chat of Debate

15. 4 phase of Debate
Debate have four phases, and each phase have different things to do
Introduction Preparation Debate Reflection
- Decide Motion
- Decide Team
-Prepare Argument
Within team member
Speech
By debater
Adjucator
comment

16. Introduction
Decide the motion and write it here
Join one of the team
At first when the debate start, people will come to this page.
In this phase, the team, either government or opposition, should be deiced
And motion should also be decided
Start preparation
After team and motion is decided

17. Preparation
Preparation time is 20 minutes, after 20 minutes has passed,
participants will move to debate phase automatically.
Debaters should cooperate each other and make an argument together
Definition, background should be written here
Argument should be written here

18. Debate(1: start speech)
Preparation document can be seen
Speaker click “start speech”
button to start speech

19. Debate(2: point of information)
During the speech,
Point of Information
Is possible after 1 minutes
of speech time

20. Debate(3: take poi)
Speaker can click “Take
POI” button.

21. Debate(4 : finish poi)
POI speaker can speak
after taken.
Once POI speech finish,
click “finish poi” button
and speach goes back to
speaker

22. Debate(5: finish speech)
Speech can be finished
by clicking finish speech button

23. Debate(6: Next role speech)
Next Role is automatically
changed after the previous role
is finished.
Next Role can be changed
by clicking role name

24. Debate(7: finish debate)
After all speech is over,
Reflection can be started

25. Reflection
Government
Argument
Opposition
Argument
During the Reflection, both government and opposition argument can be seen
And
End a cll from here

26. Microphone control

27. Microphone
Microphone ON and OFF can be adjusted here
It is better to turn on the microphone only when you talk
Microphone ON
Microphone OFF
Microphone is automatically turned on or off along with debate rule.
During the debate, only speaker’s microphone is active and others’s
microphone is turned off.
During the POI speech, only POI speaker’s microphone is active.
However you can manually turned off microphone in any situation

28. Chat

29. Chat
Two types of Chat is available
Chat for all
- all the participants can see this chat
Team chat
- chat witin team members (gov or opp)
Used for the debate strategic discussion

30. Reflesh for connection

31. Reflesh
Long time discussion consume a lot of device power, and the speech quality will be worse.
By clicking the reflesh button, the quality will become better
When the reflesh button color become yellow and black.
User must click Reflesh button because you are disconnected
From other participants.

32. Reflesh and join again
Reflesh will bring you
To initial screen
Click “Join” button,
and you can come back
to debate again