To date most problems with career carnival installation have occurred because of hardware deficiencies. If you are having problems with installation please check your hardware specifications to ensure your network and / or workstations can support multimedia graphics and sound. Here are a few pointers

Before attempting to select a letter the player must first select the "Letter Point Value" button. This same process must be followed every time you are ready to select a letter. The only exception is when the "Solve It" button is selected in which case you are allowed type in all remaining letters.

2) The points are not been attributed to each player correctly

This occurs when the two-player option is selected. Lights surrounding each player's score will flash to indicate the player's turn. Sometimes in the excitement of the game, players do not notice the flashing lights indicating whose turn it is.

The SETUP.EXE file is not working!
If you are having problems installing Career Carnival using the SETUP.EXE file that is on the CD then:

CareerScope - Hardware Specifications
CareerScope - Installation Guide
CareerScope - User Guide Overview
CareerScope - Depositing Administrations
CareerScope - Trouble Shooting & FAQ Guide

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HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS

The Assessment Tasks must reside on the hard-drive of each assessment workstation. As the assessment process unfolds, performance results are intermittently recorded in the cscope.dbf file. The Management System offers file management functions as well as report configuration and generation options. When the Management System is utilized, it searches the cscope.dbf file for designated records. Therefore, it is crucial that proper paths are always maintained between the Assessment Tasks and the cscope.dbf file and between the cscope.dbf file and the Management System.

The CareerScope installation process establishes your desired locations (directories or folders) for the Assessment Tasks, Management System, and the cscope.dbf file while creating essential data transmission paths between these critical components.

If you are installing CareerScope onto a system that does not have any version of CareerScope software already installed, proceed to the section entitled "Completely New Installations."

Independent workstation(s), with the Management System, Assessment Tasks, and cscope.dbf (the records database file) all installed to the hard drive. See the section below entitled "Installing on Independent Workstations" for instructions.
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A network installation, with the Management System and cscope.dbf installed on a network drive and the Assessment Tasks installed to multiple workstations. Turn the section entitled "Installing on a Network with Multiple Workstations and a Central Database" for instructions.

Installing on Independent Workstations

If you plan to install CareerScope on independent workstations (i.e., you are not saving data from multiple workstations to a central results database file), the Management System and the Assessment Tasks must be installed on each workstation.

Step #1:

Now that you have installed the CareerScope Management System and Assessment Tasks, you may wish to install the CareerScope Mouse Practice utility. See Chapter 2 for more information about using this pre-assessment utility.

Installing the CareerScope Mouse Practice Utility

Step #1:

Installing on a Network with Multiple Workstations and a Central Database

Repeat Step #6 on each workstation that will be used for CareerScope assessments.

Now that you have installed the CareerScope Management System and Assessment Tasks, you may wish to install the CareerScope Mouse Practice utility. See Chapter 2 for more detailed information about using this pre-assessment utility.

Installing the CareerScope Mouse Practice Utility

Step #1:

If your current software is a CareerScope Demo:

It is strongly recommended that you uninstall the CareerScope Demo before installing your Release 4.0 software. This will ensure that your new assessment data will be recorded properly and stored in the correct directory. Please refer to page 15 for information about uninstalling CareerScope software.

After you uninstall your Demo, you will conduct a Completely New Installation. Please refer to the shaded box on page 4 to determine which installation configuration (independent workstation(s) vs. multiple networked workstations with a central database) best fits your needs. Follow the installation instructions for that specific configuration.

If your current software is not a Demo:

Please note that all assessments that were initiated in a previous version of CareerScope must be completed using that version of the software. These partial administrations must be completed before the Release 4.0 software is installed.

The upgrade process will result in the transformation of your existing cscope.dbf file to Release 4.0 status (a significant structural modification). The original cscope.dbf will be saved for future reference. The cscope.dbf file(s) from previous versions of the software will be stored in the v1dbfs, v2dbfs, v3dbfs, or v3_5dbfs folder found within the dbfs folder. The previous version(s) of the cscope.dbf file are retained as a backup, in case an emergency arises.

When the CareerScope Installation Options screen displays:

The CareerScope Uninstall routine removes all CareerScope files from your system along with the desktop icons and program group. You are also given the choice of backing-up the existing records database to another directory or deleting the records along with the software.

Uninstalling from Independent Workstations

Step #1: Uninstalling the Management System

PLEASE NOTE: The CareerScope Management System is password-protected for security. When the program is launched for the first time, you will be required to establish and confirm a password. This password should be shared with all authorized users of the Management System! PASSWORDS ARE CASE SENSITIVE

DEPOSITING CareerScope ADMINISTRATIONS

If you are using a metered version of CareerScope, you must transfer administrations from a CareerScope Wallet into your account before any administrations can be conducted. These transactions are performed via the Management System.

PLEASE NOTE: The CareerScope Wallet is necessary for all account transactions and should be safeguarded.

The first time you launch the Management System and enter your password, a message will appear to inform you that there are no administrations on the system. You must use your CareerScope Wallet to deposit administrations into the account.

The CareerScope Assessment Tasks

The following phases are administered as part of the VRI Standardization Default template.

Identification Information

After the CareerScope opening screen, the evaluee is asked to enter a unique ID code. ID codes must contain letters or numbers only. Do not enter dashes, hyphens, or any other punctuation characters. If the ID code is not found in the database (i.e., the evaluee has not been pre-registered), CareerScope will request demographic information. If an evaluee has been pre-registered through the CareerScope Management System, this information is not requested.

Orientation and General Practice

The Orientation provides a step-by-step overview of the CareerScope interface and its features and functions. The computer mouse is used to move ahead through the orientation.

Note: Click only one mouse button (left or right) during CareerScope administration. Clicking both mouse buttons simultaneously may cause the system to "freeze." Should the program freeze, try right-clicking your mouse to release the program.

It is important for evaluees to read and follow the CareerScope instructions carefully. All instructions are found in the MESSAGE CENTER The General Practice phase prompts the evaluee to use features such as choosing, changing, and erasing responses, and moving forward and backward between items. These features are used during the Interest Inventory assessment. General Practice must be completed before the Interest Inventory can be administered.

Interest Inventory

There are three parts to the Interest Inventory Assessment: 1) general instructions; 2) practice; and 3) administration of the inventory items. ALL ITEMS MUST BE ANSWERED The Interest Inventory is not timed, but evaluees should be instructed to work quickly in preparation for the timed assessment tasks within the aptitude battery.

Speed Practice and Response Record Practice

Speed Practice ensures that the evaluee can work quickly during a timed task. The evaluee must demonstrate mastery of the Speed Practice items before Response Record practice can begin. Response Record Practice illustrates how to "jump" from item to item by clicking within the Response Record.

Aptitude Tasks

At the end of the CareerScope assessment process, the evaluee will be asked if s/he would like to print his or her results (unless staff have disabled this option via the Management System). The evaluee will then be prompted to exit the program.

Report Generation in the CareerScope Management System

Generating Individual Reports

Use the Individual Report interface (displayed below) to generate a report for an individual evaluee.

Step #1: Selecting an evaluee's report for generation
If you already know the evaluee's ID Code or Last Name, then:

If you do not know the evaluee's ID Code or Last Name, then:

Please refer to the Chapter 8 for more detailed information about using the features available on the Individual Report interface.

Generating Multiple Reports

Use the Multiple Reports interface (displayed below) to generate reports for a group of evaluees.

Step #1: Selecting reports for generation

Step #2: Selecting and configuring report formats

TROUBLESHOOTING & FAQ GUIDE

In General
CareerScope consists of an Assessment Task Module and a Management Module that interact via a database file. The Assessment Tasks must reside on the hard-drive of each assessment workstation. As the assessment process unfolds, performance results are intermittently recorded in the cscope.dbf file. The Management System complements the assessment module by providing file management functions as well as report configuration and generation options. When the Management System is utilized, it searches the cscope.dbf file for designated records. Therefore, it is crucial that proper paths are always maintained between the Assessment Tasks and the cscope.dbf file and between the cscope.dbf file and the Management System.

The CareerScope software includes files with long file names (more than eight characters before the three-character extension). The following instructions assume that your network software is configured to support long file names. If your network software is not configured in this way, please email to receive specialized installation instructions.

If you plan to administer CareerScope assessments on computers that are networked and you plan to store assessment results in a central database on the network, you must first install the CareerScope Management system and the cscope.dbf file on a network drive. You will subsequently install the CareerScope Assessment Tasks on the hard drive of each workstation

Installing the CareerScope Assessment module to every workstation takes to long! Can we use shortcut methods such as mapping etc?
Unfortunately the answer is NO! Trying to use such methods will result in error messages that occur only after an assessment has started. However, a slightly shorter method of installation works and is particularly useful for workstations without CD-Rom capability.

Our workstations are networked but do not have CD-Rom capability. Can CareerScope still be successfully installed?
YES! But only if the network server has CD-Rom capability. Please use the following process. After installation please ensure you do a complete test run of both the assessment and management modules before getting your first group in. If this does not work then please contact CDS Pacific Ltd.