3. Creating an online debate

  1. Select New Debate and select the location sokrates.philosophie.fu-berlin.de:5190/ArgunetServer .
  2. Enter your login data (user name and password) and click Next to continue.
  3. In the next window, enter information about your new Argunet debate. Enter a title and a short description. Click Next to continue.

    Figure 5.5. Entering the debate informations

    Entering the debate informations

  4. In the Application settings window, enable the check box Allow others to apply for a reader/author role in my debate if you want to allow other users to apply for reader/author roles in your debate.

    Figure 5.6. Application settings

    Application settings

  5. Enter the debate passwords into the input fields to allow password access to your debate. If you want to enable others to become readers using a debate password, enter a reader password. Alternatively (or additionally), you can also enter an author password and thus activate password access to your debate for authors.

    Note

    If the debate password fields are left blank, other users have to apply for access, which you must grant individually (see below).
  6. Click Finish to create the debate and close the wizard. You are now the Editor of your new debate.