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ABSTRACT Cloud computing is a general term for delivering hosted services over the Internet. Google provides a service called Google Docs, a widely used example of cloud computing. Even though many studies have examined the overall concept of cloud computing, no previous research has analysed students' usage and acceptance of Google Docs in a university setting. The analysis of variability and standard deviation was used to guide my research in examining what factors influence students to use Google Docs. And to assess the level of familiarity and extent of usage of cloud computing services to see if they were related. Also, the study was used to find out the percentage of the overall engineering students that actually make use of the service and their opinions about the service. The constraints to effective utilization of cloud storage and computing services were also discovered. Most of the students involved in this study

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ABSTRACTCloud computing is a general term for delivering hosted services over the Internet. Google provides a service called Google Docs, a widely used example of cloud computing. Even though many studies have examined the overall concept of cloud computing, no previous research has analysed students' usage and acceptance of Google Docs in a university setting. The analysis of variability and standard deviation was used to guide my research in examining what factors influence students to use Google Docs. And to assess the level of familiarity and extent of usage of cloud computing services to see if they were related. Also, the study was used to find out the percentage of the overall engineering students that actually make use of the service and their opinions about the service. The constraints to effective utilization of cloud storage and computing services were also discovered. Most of the students involved in this study thought Google Documents was an effective tool for handling school work in the undergraduate environment. As the problems hindering the students from taking full advantage of Google Docs as a cloud computing tool were pointed out, some possible solutions were suggested which could largely improve the usage of cloud computing services in the engineering faculty of University of Uyo.Keywords: Google Docs, Cloud Computing, Engineering students, University of Uyo.