Alex Halavais » How to cheat good.
Seriously funny advice for how to cheat, and at least reduce your chances of being caught. Thankfully, the one time I caught someone, it was dealt with quickly. Having sat in the ombudsman office when I was bored (she also worked for CHID), I got to see the hassle and hell – for profs – of cheaters.
The interesting thing is, it almost always comes up when I hang out with my academic/teaching friends, and they almost all opt to not deal with it; they just give the person a bad grade and move on. It’s not so much a let someone else deal with it, as it is that the university makes it so damned difficult to deal with, period. Which, really, is a shame – it ends up devaluing everyone’s work (which I think is more important than the fact that it’s insulting to the prof).
My chair said he’s only had one case of it. But then again, in one of his classes you just know better than to try it. (Not that I would, mind.)