Blur Names

The presence of this block on gradebook and some other pages will blur the names, email addresses, and images of students – e.g., in both the Grader and User Reports; and it will do the same for names in Moodle core’s Forum, and in the Choice module, as well. This protection of student privacy allows for more FERPA-friendly sharing among faculty.
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The Blur Names block is created by Brendan Lalor, and released for all.
WHY: It helps protect student privacy, that FERPA-compliance might not dampen
our Moodle spirit.
WHAT: The Blur Names block helps conceal information that might otherwise
reveal the identities of students when faculty are displaying Moodle courses
to each other.
HOW: The presence of this block on gradebook and some other pages will blur
the names, email addresses, and images of students – e.g., in both the Grader
and User Reports; and it will do the same for names in Moodle core’s Forum,
and in the Choice module, as well. This protection of student privacy allows
for more FERPA-friendly sharing among faculty.
Take whatever block-placement measures are appropriate in your situation to
ensure that the block is loaded on the relevant pages. For the simplest
cases, when you want to use it, add it to all pages in the left column (so
that it’s loaded even when there is no column on the right). This is not a
one-size-fits-all strategy; so adapt it!
CAVEATS:
1. The block will not presently blur names in tooltips, which appear