Student Perceptions of Usefulness of Specific Features
We asked students to evaluate the usefulness of specific features of Google Drive, using a Likert scale from Very Useful (4) to Not At All Useful (1). The mean of each set of responses on the 4-point Likert scale reflects an overall sense of usefulness for specific affordances of Google Drive, with all means scoring above 3 (Somewhat Useful or Very Useful) on the scale. Even the tool perceived to be least useful, Chat (mean = 3.16, n = 53), received overall support, with its lower ranking likely correlating to the fact that the chat affordance is only available synchronously, versus other features that are available at any time. Collaboration, Document Sharing, and Commenting received the highest scores for usefulness. Collaboration developed as a response to increasing comfort with document sharing and comment throughout the semester, which may explain why these three features received the highest satisfaction scores (Table 7 and Figure 6).