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You probably have not printed your test document to the TapDance® printer driver. If you have installed the printer driver, then the setting for the "File Name of Applicants Work to Score" is not properly specified. If you have not installed the TapDance® printer driver, refer to the installation instructions in your Test Package manual. You have to type in exactly what is on the master document in order for the scoring engine to effectively compare what you type. Because TapDance® is looking for a perfect match, it will reflect 0 words typed and count the entire document as one error. You have installed the base unit, now, you need to install, the individual test packs. You need to print the document you created to the designated TapDance® printer driver, which writes it to a file named Taptest.txt. You convert the Taptest.txt file into a master document. See converting a document in the Test Package manual. Square brackets ( [ ] ) appear around text that is missing from the document. The applicant did not actually type the word(s) within the square brackets. The program printed it there to show what was omitted and should have been typed. This is counted as an error. A total of 266. Only the final test document is evaluated. If the applicant made errors which were corrected during the test, they are not counted. On any window that you are in, there is a Title bar; a Title Bar is usually a different color border at the top of the window. The Title Bar usually contains the program name. If you click on the Title Bar, a system password box will appear. If you initially set up TapDance® to have a password, enter it and click OK. If you did not set up a password, click OK, and you will be returned to the administering screen. Go into the Setup Test icon. On the menu bar, select the Document option, then select Open, and then Applicants Scored Document (*.scr). Use the default windows open box to select the desired test. This probably means that there is a misspelled word in the Master document. You will need to edit the Master file to correct the error. Go into the Setup Test icon. On the menu bar, select the Document option, then select Open, and then select Master(*.mas). Correct the misspelled word, save, and exit You have to specify the location of the executable file (not the *.lnk file) which starts the software application (ex: MS Word, Excel, WordPerfect, etc.) you are installing. You need to have the programs available to be run from this computer. If you have problems locating the executable file, consult your local Information Systems personnel. Go into the Setup Test icon, select the Test menu selection, and then select Delete Test Settings. The Choose A Test window will appear, and then highlight the test you want to delete and click OK. You can increase the time limit for the test, or remove the time limit setting from the test. Removing the time limit allows the applicant to press F1 when they are finished, and the time elapsed will be recorded. You can also modify the master document to decrease the number of questions asked Create a Test Group and add the same test twice. This will allow you the option to print each individual test, regardless of which one is best. If taking the second test is only an option you can se tup the individual test settings to auto-print. No one passes or fails, their score is indicative of their ability to test in this uniform environment. This score should then be used to compare against the remaining applicants to see who best exhibits the skills needed for the position applied for. This is an option whose setting is in the Setup Test icon on the Administer menu, under Test To Administer. In this box you have the option "At End of Test" set to "Applicant Takes." Whichever test is listed in this field will be the test that is automatically started when you enter TapDance®. Verify that the default printer in the TapDance® printer setup is the default windows printer, and not a TapDance® printer driver The TapDance® printer drivers are not supposed to print out a physical piece of paper. They are designed to convert the typed data from a software application format into a format that TapDance® can read and score against the master document. Call Customer Support, and after verification, they will provide you with an override code. Verify that the applicant was typing from the appropriate document. They also may have typed side B first and their test is compared to side A. The screen for the software application being tested on has been minimized, but the test is still being administered. Look on your Start bar at the bottom of the screen. Locate the button/icon for the software application being tested on and click it. You can also use the (Alt-Tab) keys pressed together to toggle between active programs; and then stop at the software application you're testing on. The TapDance® printer drivers do not print out physical pieces of paper. This printer driver writes a file to the TapDance® program from the word processing package the applicant is testing in (MS Word, WordPerfect etc). French braces ( { } ) appear around text that is incorrect or that should not be in the document. For example, you might see "{roange}" in a corrected test document, indicating that the applicant misspelled the word "orange." Square brackets ([ ]) appear around text that is missing from the document. For example, you would see "[orange]" in the corrected test document if the applicant skipped the word "orange" while typing the test. Percent correct is the percentage of the applicant's keystrokes that were correct. This information is displayed for data entry/multiple choice tests only. If you have it selected as an option on a typing test, remove it. Mismatch indicates an error such as a misspelled word, an incorrect number of spaces between words, or the transposition of two words. When an applicant types their document, that document is compared to an appropriate master document, which has been verified correct. The applicant's score is based on the number of differences between the two documents. Each difference is counted as an error. This usually indicates the spaces between the words have been formatted as bold. The master document does not have the spaces between bold words formatted as bold. In the TapDance® Setup Test icon, on the menu bar, select the option for Document and Open. There is an option under Open for 'Applicant's Scored Document (*.scr)'. |
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