> But still, 2-5% would still cheat despite our repeated warnings that we could catch them. There is research that the certainty of getting caught is the stron

> But still, 2-5% would still cheat despite our repeated warnings that we could catch them. There is research that the certainty of getting caught is the strongest deterrent (as opposed to the severity of the consequences if someone gets caught) and yet, assuming the software was as good as you suggest and assuming the students were adequately and repeatedly warned, 2-5% of the class still chose to cheat. Which begs the question: why would so many (presumably logical and rational) students take such a risk despite knowing they were substantially likely to be caught? I have to imagine those students, for whatever reason, felt cheating was their best (or perhaps only) option. The cynic in me believes we’ve created a system that strongly incentivizes getting an expensive piece of paper with a value completely divorced from what it was intended to represent: having studied.