[butwhywhyoh]

For that one semester, until the cycle repeats itself. Smarter students in the future won't allow their professor to join the class chats.

[sodality2]

Maybe that's true only because the author posted this, though. Hopefully the course changes that the author made will encourage future students to actually spend time on the course. If that's true, does it point towards a deeper solution with making courses more engaging? Not that students cheating are the professor's fault, of course. Nonetheless...