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South Africa needs vital skills in engineering and technology to address future financial, environmental, educational and health challenges. In this era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it is even more important to use cloud technology in classrooms in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in the South African context. This paper looks at uses of cloud technology, ease of use and intentions of using cloud technology in the classroom in a South African HEI. Questionnaires were given to students at an HEI for collecting data about the study. The research was undertaken to determine how cloud technologies can be used within HEIs particularly engineering education to support teaching and learning functions. The research is unique because many institutions have adopted the use of Learning Management Systems such as Blackboard, whereas in this study we explored the use of a cloud-integrated approach that requires no extra cost to the university or the student. A quantitative approach was used and regression analysis was performed to predict the possible outcome based on the variable. The Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient shows that there was a statistically significant relationship between the perceived ease of use and the intentions to use cloud technology.