<p>The community college I’m at uses turnitin and other resources to prevent cheating. I think a lot of students get busted that way. I can see the grade averages of other students and some of the scores are so low that they really must be being penalized for plagiarism because the teachers I have are not sticklers for perfection on written assignments. I’m not spell checking, rewriting anything or really doing anything to ensure an excellent grade and I’m still getting perfect or nearly perfect scores while there are some other students getting 20’s on the same assignment. Has to be penalties for plagiarism. </p>
<p>The only thing I’ve done close to cheating is try to find a homework answer online when I can’t find it in the book or notes. The point of homework is to work through it at home and find the answer. It’s more to help you than to help your grade since it counts for such a minuscule part of it. Cheating on quizzes, papers and tests though? Never…</p>