Evaluating the Usability of Free Web Hosting among University Students

Farah Ahlami Mansor, Mimi Zazira Hashim, Norrini Muhammad, Wan Nor Hazimah Wan Azib, Zuriani Ahmad Zukarnain

2017

Abstract

Nowadays, most university students search for information through the Internet. Internet becomes a popular source of information in completing assignments, projects and other tasks assigned to university students. Besides searching for information, students also should have the opportunity to deliver information through Internet. Therefore, universities are recommended to provide course to develop websites using free web hosting among students. Students were given assignments to develop an interesting website by using free web hosting services. This paper seeks to evaluate the usability of free web hosting among university students as a convenient as well as simple way of fulfilling their needs. This paper also highlights the students’ view on the usefulness, convenience, design and quality of free web hosting. A sample of 200 users was invited by e-mail to participate in the online survey. A total of 119 valid responses were received which represented 59.5 of response rate. The findings of this study reveal that students are satisfied with the usefulness of the system as well as satisfied with the system itself. In conclusion, majority of respondents were ready to use the tools for future web designing tasks.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ahlami Mansor F., Zazira Hashim M., Muhammad N., Nor Hazimah Wan Azib W. and Zukarnain Z. (2017). Evaluating the Usability of Free Web Hosting among University Students.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Economic Education and Entrepreneurship - Volume 1: ICEEE, ISBN 978-989-758-308-7, pages 247-251. DOI: 10.5220/0006884102470251

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceee17,
author={Farah Ahlami Mansor and Mimi Zazira Hashim and Norrini Muhammad and Wan Nor Hazimah Wan Azib and Zuriani Ahmad Zukarnain},
title={Evaluating the Usability of Free Web Hosting among University Students},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Economic Education and Entrepreneurship - Volume 1: ICEEE,},
year={2017},
pages={247-251},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006884102470251},
isbn={978-989-758-308-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Economic Education and Entrepreneurship - Volume 1: ICEEE,
TI - Evaluating the Usability of Free Web Hosting among University Students
SN - 978-989-758-308-7
AU - Ahlami Mansor F.
AU - Zazira Hashim M.
AU - Muhammad N.
AU - Nor Hazimah Wan Azib W.
AU - Zukarnain Z.
PY - 2017
SP - 247
EP - 251
DO - 10.5220/0006884102470251