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5 CONCLUSIONS
This study focused on evaluating the usability of
free web hosting among university students in
Malaysia. The free web hosting is a free web hosting
services provided for users around the world to
design their own websites. Therefore, using free
web hosting in designing the websites among
university students may enhance their creativity,
intuitive and associational thinking. The findings of
this study revealed that students are satisfied with
the usefulness of the system as well as satisfied with
the system itself. The university students may have
potential for increased access and exposure to the
quality of information in order to develop websites
that are informative and interactive for users. They
did not only experience delivering information in
class but also sharing information to the world to
promote social interaction. Besides, the university
students also should be educated on positive uses of
the Internet to enhance public awareness on their
responsibilities when using the Internet in this digital
era which needs to be identified in future research.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The study is financially supported by ARAS
Research Grant, 600-IRMI/DANA /5/3/ARAS
(0148/2016) Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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