REPORT ON

STUDENTS’ INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE

SCHEME

(SIWES)

UNDERTAKEN AT

BAA MULTIMEDIA, OLUSEUN HOUSE, 34 OYO

ROAD, SANGO AREA, IBADAN.

BY

DESMENNU OLUWATOFUNMI O.

MATRIC NO: 15010301009

SUBMITTED TO THE

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENECE AND

MATHEMATICS

IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

B.Sc. DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

                                                                   Date

_____________
 CERTIFICATION

This is to certify that the Student’s Industrial Work Experience

Scheme reported herein, written by DESMENNU

OLUWATOFUNMI O, with matriculation number 15010301009,

was carried out under the supervision of the Department of Computer

Science and Mathematics, at the end of the three (3) months Industrial

Training at BAA MULTIMEDI

STUDENT NAME SIGNATURE __________________

SIWES COODINATOR SIGNATURE __________________

SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE __________________

 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

My appreciation first goes to God almighty, the creator of Heaven and

Earth for protection and guardian of my life and having carried me
thus far, granting me the grace and privilege to be able to complete
this SIWES program successfully and on schedule.

I am also grateful to my industry based supervisors Mr. Babatunde

Kolawole and my tutors for their thorough supervision and useful
advice which helped and also contributed to the success of the SIWES
program. May the almighty God make their days on Earth longer to
reap the fruit of their labour to the fullest in Jesus name.

Also, I cannot but acknowledge my germane H.O.D, level adviser,

SIWES supervisor and all the lecturers in the department. Thank you
so much and GOD bless you all.

                                  
 REPORT OVERVIEW

This report is centred mainly on my SIWES experience. It will

encompass the knowledge gained during the program, skills
acquired, and key happenings during the 3-month period.

This report will cover details of my time in BAA MULTIMEDIA, which

is a multimedia company focused on six main areas namely;
 Web Design
 Graphics Design
 Photography
 Videography
 Music Recording
 Printing Press
Within the period of the programme, I was able to understand to-a-
good-extent, concepts about creation of websites, design of
graphics, photography and photo editing, videography and video
editing.
 TABLE OF CONTENT

CERTIFICATION ----------------------------------------------------------

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -------------------------------------------------

REPORT OVERVIEW -----------------------------------------------------

CHAPTER ONE ------------------------------------------------------------

1.1 Introduction of SIWES ------------------------------------------------

1.2 Objectives of SIWES --------------------------------------------------

2.0 CHAPTER TWO ------------------------------------------------------

2.1 Brief history and location of the company --------------------------

2.2 Objectives of the company --------------------------------------------

2.3 Organizational structure of the company (Organogram of the

company) --

3.0 SECTION THREE ----------------------------------------------------

3.1 Body of the work (What the students learnt or SIWES Experience)

4.0 CHAPTER FOUR --------------------------------------------------------------

 4.1 Contribution to Knowledge ----------------------------------------------

4.2 Summary and Conclusion -------------------------------------------------

4.3 Recommendations -----------------------------------------------------

CHAPTER ONE  

1.0 INTRODUCTION  

This chapter gives a brief history of SIWES, its aims and objectives,
as well as a short narrative on my application and posting. It also
introduces intelligent solution providers (ISP)  of  Computer, where I
had my SIWES training. 

1.1ABOUT STUDENTS INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE

SCHEME

Student Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) is a worldwide

program practiced in countries like Japan, Australia, USA, Europe,
and in African countries too. It is popularly known as co-operative
education and referred to as sandwich in Europe. It is a six (6) months
students industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) taken in the
third year of the degree program, where the students go to various
establishments related to their course of study.

The program was initially introduced in Nigeria by the Industrial

Training Fund (I.T.F.) which was established under Decree 47 of
1972 by the Supreme Military Council, headed by General Yakubu
Gowon. The Decree was billed to take e×ect from 31 March, 1974
and had as its core objective, the gradual reduction of the percentage
of foreign participation in most of Nigeria’s economic activities,
accompanied by a systematic cooperation  of locally oriented skilled
manpower into the vast economic sector. One of the key functions of
the ITF is to work as cooperative body with industry and commerce
where students in institutions of higher learning can undertake mid-
career work experience attachment in industries which are compatible
with student’s area of study. The students Industrial Work Experience
Scheme (SIWES) is a skill Training program designed to expose and
prepare students for the Industrial work situation which they are likely
to meet after graduation. Participation in SIWES has become a
necessary pre-condition for the award of diploma and degree
certificate in specificc disciplines in most institutions of higher
learning in the country in accordance with the education policy of
government.

1.2BRIEF HISTORY OF SIWES

The word SIWES (Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme)

was introduce by the federal government in the year 1973 to develop
the technological, physical and social skill of our nation, through this,
adequate and intelligent students are provided the departments
involved in their various disciplines before they can be awarded their
various certificates.

1.3AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF SIWES

 Provide an avenue for students in institutions of higher learning
to acquire industrial skills and experience in their approved
course of study and also by interacting with people with more
experience in the field under consideration.
 Prepare students for the industrial work situation which they are
likely to meet after graduation.
  Expose students to work methods and techniques in handling
equipment and machinery that are mostly not available in their
various institutions.
 Provide students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge
in real world situation thereby reducing the gap between
theoretical knowledge and practical work.
 Enlist and strengthen employers’ involvement in the entire
educational process and prepare students for employment in
Industry and Commerce.

1.4 ROLES OF STUDENT

 Attend SIWES orientation programme before going on

attachment.
 Comply with the establishment’s rule and regulation.
 Arrange living accommodation during the period of attachment.
 Record all training activity done and other assignment in the log
book.
 Complete SPE 1 from ITF, FORM 8 and get it endorsed by the
employer for submission to the ITF.
1.5 OBJECTIVES OF THE REPORT

The objectives of the SIWES report are;

 To make through explanation of the work done during my four

month industrial training.
 To fulfil the requirement for national diploma in computer
science.
  To contribute to the body of knowledge and to enhance the
understanding of the writer about a similar or same job.
1.6 THE LOGBOOK

Issued to student on attachment by the institution was used to

record all daily activities that took place during the period of
attachment, and  it was  checked  and endorse by the industry
based/institution based supervisors and ITF during supervision.
CHAPTER TWO

2.0 ORGANIZATION INFORMATION

Baa Multimedia is a private organization established in the year 2012.

It is owned and managed by Mr Ayinde Akintola. Located at Oluseun
house, 34 Oyo road, Sango area in the city of Ibadan, they perform
various operations which are graphics designs, website design, event
management, photography, videography, music studio, they also own
a printing press and publish a celebrity magazine.

2.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPANY

Baa multimedia is an established to bring innovative ideas to

actualization to provide state of the art, top notch and modern services
to customers.
CHAPTER THREE

In this chapter, I will elaborate on the the various departments I

worked in during the period of my training.
The departments i worked in during the training were the web design,
research, graphics, and photography and videography departments.

3.1 WEB DESIGN DEPARTMENT

The web design department is where all operations concerning the

procurement of domain names, registration of the domain name on the
server, construction of the site depending on what it is to be used for
(business website, E-commerce website, school website, etc),
installation of plugins and maintenance of websites.

3.2 RESEARCH DEPARTMENT

The research department is where new innovations are thought of in

order to make services more attreactive and better satisfy the
customer. It is also the department where articles for the magazines
are brought up for the editorial team to work with.

3.3 GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT

The graphics department is where all the graphics used by the

company are done. It serves all the other departments as it is from this
department that all graphics used in the websites created, song album
arts, magazine pages, business cards and other services rendered, are
designed.
3.4 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

The photography department takes care of photoshoots either within

or outside the company. They provide the photographs for the
magazine, album covers, websites and they also go to cover events
that the company is involved in. All editing of photographs are done
in this department and also, photobooks are designed within the
company before being taken for printing.

3.5 VIDEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

The videography department takes care of video coverage on behalf

of the company whether in-house or contracted work. It is this
department that takes care of music videos for artists in the studio,
they take care of video coverage of events the company is involved in
and they also those which the company is not.
CHAPTER FOUR

In this chapter, I will elaborate on what I did in the various

departments with steps and what I gained in each.

4.1 WEB DESIGN DEPARTMENT

During the course of the I.T, I learnt how to create a simple website
using WordPress as the platform. The following are steps to creating a
simple website:

 Buy a domain name and while purchasing your domain name,

you make sure the name is registered to your sever address
before you can create an account on the server.
 You create an account on the server and select the plan you want
in order to allocate web space and bandwidth.
 After creating the account, then your website will now have a
cpanel account to access it e.g. www.domainname.com/cpanel.
You can login to the Cpanel to create professional emails e.g.
[email protected].
 After that, you can install any platform you want to design your
website with from the Cpanel, e.g.
 E.G WordPress
 Wix
 After installing the platform you want to use, let's say
WordPress, then you login to begin to design the site e.g.
www.domainname.com/wp-admin.
  Then you will select the theme you want to use. After picking
the theme, you go to customize in order to edit the page.

During the course of editing the website and putting on contents, you
will need to install some necessary plugins (A plugin is a piece of
software containing a group of functions that can be added to
a WordPress website)

 CONTACT FORM 7 for form creation

 EASY SLIDER for picture slide show
 EASY GALLERY for gallery creation
 SANDWICH PAGE BUILDER for building
 WORDPRESS SEO for adding titles and descriptions
 W3 TOTAL CACHE to optimize for speed and performance
 SUCURI to monitor security
 DISQUS to write comments, e.t.c.

During the course of the training, I was opportuned to help work with
the creation of over five websites and managed to create my own
website. Some of the websites I worked on are:

 www.blingzmagazine.com
 www.kayodeadebayomedia.com
 www.goldrockinc.com
4.2 RESEARCH DEPARTMENT

In the research department, I helped in proof reading articles to be in

the next edition of the company's magazine, I also typed some of the
articles before they were sent to the graphics department and I also
wrote an article which got published in the magazine. I was also lucky
to be one of those who went out to perform interviews with celebrities
for the articles to be written about them in the magazine.

4.3 GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT

In the graphics department, I helped in designing business cards based

on a new concept that the company was testing out. I also helped in
designing some of the graphics used in various websites that i was
involved in the creation. I made use of mostly Adobe Photoshop and a
bit of Corel Draw for d designs. I also designed some of the graphic
designs used for a wedding program the company was contracted to
print.

4.5 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

The photography department was where I had most of my training as

there was almost always something to do. Here, I took care of
photoshoots both in the photo studio and at other venues. I covered
weddings, naming ceremonies and other events as the official
photographer alot of times after which I would go back to the office to
edit photos taken both by me and the other photographers in the
department. In this department is where the photos for the company's
magazine and other publishings come from. Photobooks are collaged
on this department before being sent to the graphics department and I
was lucky enough to learn to edit and arrange photobooks. The
camera I used most of the time was a DSLR Canon D3100 and
sometimes, I use a DSLR Canon Mark IV D with different lengths of
lenses consisting of prime, macro and zoom lenses including
speedlights. I also have access to the equipments in the photo studio
including the snoot, condenser, red head light and other equipments
used to shoot professional photographs. I have also been opportuned
to work with some models and handle the camera during their
photoshoot. The software I used throughout my training is the Adobe
Lightroom which is one of the best photography editing softwares in
the world.

4.6 VIDEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

In the videography department, I helped in taking video shoots at

events including weddings, award ceremonies, naming ceremonies
and other important events. I also helped to take music videos for
artists that recorded songs in the company's music studio. I also
helped in editing videos and clips for the company and I also created
montages for videos. I was introduced to different video editing
softwares like Filmora but the most prominent amongst them all was
the Adobe Premier Pro which is also one of the best in the world for
video editing and also Adobe After Effects which was the only
software we used for creating montages and adding various effects in
videos to be edited. It was used hand in hand with Premier Pro.
CHAPTER FOUR

4.1 CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE

With the above illustrations of what I did during the period of the
training, I will now state the knowledge i gained.

From my time in the web design department, I was able to learn how
to buy a domain name, register it on a server and create a simple
website using WordPress and install all the plugins needed for the site
to work perfectly.

From my time in the research department, I learnt how to conduct

interviews, learnt to make researches on various topics and also learnt
to write articles.

In the graphics department, I gained the knowledge to use Photoshop

to design various graphics from business cards to magazines. I also
learnt to design graphics to be used for websites.

In the photography department, I learnt how to operate DSLR

cameras, combine different lightings to create the various effect in a
picture. I also learnt how to take various photo under different
concepts and conditions, how to configure the camera to suit those
conditions so as to get the best result. I also learnt of different lenses,
what type pf photos they are used for and how to use them and also, I
learnt to combine various macro lenses to take the perfect shot. I also
gained the knowledge of editing pictures and how to use Lightroom to
edit pictures and add various effect to it.
In the videography department, I gained knowledge of how to shoot
event videos, what angles to shoot from, the right ISO to use under
different light conditions and other technical operations related to it. I
also learnt to shoot music videos and edit them to align with the audio
and also create the right effect. I also learnt to create montages using
After Effects and also use it to add effects to videos. I also learnt to
use a DSLR camera to shoot quality videos.

4.2 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

SUMMARY

At the end of the training, I was able to gain knowledge about

creation of websites, research of articles, designing of various graphic
works, learnt about photography, cameras with various gadgets and
editing of photos. I also gained knowledge about shooting of videos
and editing them in different ways and also learnt to use various
application softwares.

CONCLUSION

The SIWES programme undergone at baa Multimedia afforded me an

indepth exposure to some of the practical aspects of Web Design,
Article Research, Graphics Design, Photography and Videography.
The programme has been highly enlightening, beneficial, interesting
and successful. The objective of which the scheme was undergone
was however achieved.
4.3 RECOMMENDATIONS

I would like to use this medium to explore the Federal Government

at all stages to take this SIWES program more seriously as it is seen
by the students of Basic and Applied science as a virtual
improvement in future of technology in our nature. The government
should also ensure a proper supervision of the SIWES students so
that the purpose of the programme will be achieved. The Federal
government should make adequate provision in the annual budget
for proper funding of SIWES in view of the potential of the scheme to
contribute to enhancing the quality of the programme to increase
technical skill available to the economy. A comprehensive and
detailed directory of employer who accepts students for SIWES is
urgently required to facilitate placement of students in industry to
guarantee quality assurance of institution and the ITF. The ITF should
ensure that the backlog in payment of student’s allowance is cleared
urgently to remove the negative image being created for SIWES and
also for the allowance to be increased.