Give them a few points toward their final grade for turning it in on time. Score it, but give everybody who turns in their homework the same amount of credit. Homework in general should be a learning exercise, not an evaluation tool, but it helps some people people to give them a bit of extra incentive to do it and not fall behind.
Note that this applies to things like exercises, not major projects like term papers.
Give them a few points toward their final grade for turning it in on time. Score it, but give everybody who turns in their homework the same amount of credit. Homework in general should be a learning exercise, not an evaluation tool, but it helps some people people to give them a bit of extra incentive to do it and not fall behind.
Note that this applies to things like exercises, not major projects like term papers.