<p>As a teacher, there are ways you can reduce cheating.</p>
<p>*Assign papers that make it difficult to cheat (i.e., not a straight biography or book review)
*Give open book and open note tests (so everyone can use their notes, not just cheaters)
*Not grade homework on anything other than completion, so that students TRY it but don't have to get it right--it's supposed to be practice, right</p>
<p>Interesting methods to cheat: why would I post such things on a public forum? I wouldn't want to give anyone ideas. However, I will say that I catch a LOT of cheaters just by taking a phrase from the paper and typing it into google. </p>
<p>There is also turnitin.com, which tracks student papers so they can't cheat off each other.</p>