CHUKA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

COMP 499/399: INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT

REPORT WRITING

1. COMP 499/399: INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT

2.1 Course Description

Student will be required to work in an organization related to their area of specialty for a period of eight
weeks. During this period, the student will be required to daily account the attachment activities in the
industrial attachment log book, provided by the department.

At the end of this course, student will be required to write a report of the work activities undertaken in
the attached organization and make an oral presentation of the report before an informed audience as
decided by the department.

2.2. Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the attachment, the student should be able to:

 Demonstrate appreciation of knowledge of the theoretical principals learnt in class in an

industrial set-up.

 Have a completed logbook of the activities undertaken, signed by the immediate supervisor in
the attached organization and approved by the supervising lecturer

 Be able to write and present a report of their work activities in an organization.

 Be able to demonstrate ICT functions and other functions in an organization.

In addition to the daily and weekly record the student should:

I. Submit a summary report of the work done during the attachment duration e.g. full
coverage of the course, Challenges encountered.

II. Suggest improvements to make the attachment program worthwhile.

The report should contain a summary of the activities of the organization or institution and
manufacturing/services or the processes the student was involved in .This also includes the
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highlights of the project the student was involved in if any at all. The student is expected to
point out the weak and strong points of the attachment (which areas did you cover adequately
and those you did not)

3.0 The Student’s report should include the following information

1. Organizational Structure

2. The level of office automation in the organization

3. Management of IS/IT Resources in the organization

4. System software used in the organization

5. Application software used in the organization

6. Hardware used in the organization

7. Database management software used in the organization

8. Information systems used in the organization

9. Dataflow i.e. origination, recording, entry, validation, processing, information

Production and control procedures in the organization

10. Software/Hardware Development methods in the organization -if in use

11. Organizations computer networks

12. Use of data communication for networks and internet in the organization e.g use of e-mails,
websites, e-commerce e.t.c

3.1 General Report Structure

3.1.1 Page I: The Title Page

Example

 Report on Attachment at “Africa On-Line for the period of June –July 2017.
 Name of student.
 Admission Number.
 Name of supervising lecturer.
Report submitted to the Department of Computer Science/Diploma in Computer Science in a particular
fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science Computer Science/Diploma in
Computer Science.

Submission Date: September 9th 2017.

3.1.2. Page II: Declaration & Confirmation

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The student declares and the supervising lecturer confirms.

Declaration by the Student

I ……………………………declare that this is my original work and has not been presented anywhere else to
the best of my knowledge.

Confirmation by the Supervisor

I…………………………….confirm this report has not been presented anywhere to the best of my knowledge.

3.1.3. Page III: Dedication

3.1.4. Page IV: Acknowledgement

3.1.5. Page V: Abstract: A summary of the whole report. (This should be written in less than 300 words.)

3.1.6. Page VI: Table of Content

3.1.7. Page VII: List of symbols, abbreviations and their respective meanings

4.0 Format for writing report

The report should be written in the following format:

a) Body:
 New Times Roman font,
 12 –Font size
 1.5 Spacing
 Justified
b) Titles: font size -14 and Bolded,
c) Chapters: bolded.
NB: The report should be presented in Spiral binding and Sky-blue or maroon cover.