I don't think the message I wanted to send was received as intended. I am not for allowing students to cheat, I would not have endorsed that for my students ei

I don't think the message I wanted to send was received as intended. I am not for allowing students to cheat, I would not have endorsed that for my students either. But I have had lots of professors and teacher colleagues who did a good job dealing with this without simply increasing the punishment until the intended result is reached. Excessive cheating is not the problem itself but the symptom of an underlying rot in the system. Trying to increase the penalties is only treating the symptom not the cause.