I would love to hear advice, opinions, strategies, etc. on this!

I almost never have problems with plagarism. I simple make up insane assignments that have no relation to anything I could imaging anyone else doing... Well, I wish I was that good. I do try. Questions like: "There is no such thing as Nature." Discuss, supporting or refuting this statement, in relation to the readings and lectures this fall."or "How do you get your hands dirty in the cybergarden?" (This is a senior course on discourse and metanarrative for environmental science students.) I have also used a bit of software I made up called vase (http://achieve.utoronto.ca/vase/) to have students publish their work. The main reason is to get them to think of their work as part of a public discourse, but it also makes it easier for me to keyword search it. They then also have to deal with copyright issues for images and audio they use. There are always some minor problems, screwups and omissions, but they do end up confronting the issues. When I do get a plagarised paper, it turns out to be horribly off topic and stands out even more than they would otherwise. I sit on our university's tribunal for academic offenses, so it is neat to see things from both sides. But all in all, the advice is to be creative in your assignments, plan to make plagarism difficult, and make students confront the problems of the online environment personally. What are others doing? J -- Jason Nolan PhD Scholar in Residence, Knowledge Media Design Institute University of Toronto http://achieve.utoronto.ca/jason/ (416)978-5656/3884f ICQ: 6238593