Practice rounds that don't use up a judge

Set one motion, share a code, and every student in your class argues it in writing and gets their own ballot back — Content and Strategy, scored on the World Schools rubric, the same way for every student.

Run a class

How it works

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Set a motion, get a class codePick today's motion or write your own, in English, German, Arabic, or Spanish. ShouldaSaid generates a short code for your class.
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Students join with the codeNo signup. Any phone, tablet, or laptop. They type in the code and their name, and they're in.
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Everyone writes their caseEach student writes their argument for the motion in the target language, on their own device, at the same time.
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Individual ballots, class standingsEvery submission is graded the moment it's in — Content and Strategy, on the same rubric for every student. You see the roster and standings on one screen.

Built for debate clubs and language classes

Made for debate club supervisors and Arabic- and English-language teachers who want students producing arguments under real motion pressure — in writing, all at once — instead of one student speaking while the rest of the room waits. One motion, up to three rounds of writing, the same rubric applied to every student the same way, so class time goes to discussing the arguments, not grading them one by one.

What the ballot is — and isn't

Every submission is graded by an AI adjudicator against criteria adapted from the World Schools debate rubric, familiar to QatarDebate-affiliated clubs, for a written format. Content (0–40) scores the quality of the argument itself — reasoning, evidence, relevance to the motion, and how well the student engages with the opposing case. Strategy (0–20) scores whether the student identifies what actually matters in the debate and structures their case around it. That's a total of 0–60.

We deliberately do not score Style — the third criterion on a real ballot. Style is delivery: voice, tone, gesture, presence. There's no delivery to judge in a written answer, so we don't fake one.

This is not a certified assessment of language or debate proficiency, and it does not replace a human adjudicator. Treat it as a fast, consistent first pass on content and strategy — useful for a warm-up round or for triaging which cases are developed before you read closely yourself.

Who it's for

Debate club supervisors running practice rounds between full tournament sessions
Arabic-department and language teachers who want every student arguing under real motion pressure, in writing
Clubs that need every member producing a case at the same time, not one student speaking while the rest wait
A fast warm-up before a full-dress practice debate, or a first pass on Content and Strategy before detailed feedback