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Blurring text for privacy
I'm building courses for the staff at a college and it is sometimes necessary to display personal information on students in screenshots. Is there a way to blur this information to keep it private? I can do it in my photo editing software before importing the picture but was wondering if there is a way to do it after bringing the picture into Storyline 360.
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Hello, Is there an update on this request? can we blur content from storyline software simulations?
Any update on a blur feature? I can't believe this thread has been active for over 6 years and nothing is implemented
Hi Alexx!
Thanks for checking in on this!
I don't have any updates to share at this time as our development team has been prioritizing other features. However, I've included you in the feature report and will provide updates if it makes it to our Feature Roadmap.
In the meantime, for your reference, here's a deeper look at how we manage feature requests.
Hi Steven!
I understand the development team has their priorities with developing features, but this is a feature which has been asked for a very long time. Even on articulate days because it would give us more time to create other awesome things instead of hiding privacy related matters.
It would even be better if it also works with scrolling.
Is it possible to put this on the priority list as is has been asked for...6 years already?
I believe there's nothing much more important than privacy these days, I wonder how Articulate team prioritizing their features. In my opinion (and I believe others as well) this blurring function is way more important than a better "text-to-speech". It would be great if you can implement AI to do the blurring or text modifying function.
I find it both hilarious and concerning that so many posters expect Articulate to address their data integrity concerns, while continuing to engage in unsafe PII practices. Don't want a stranger walking into you house unannounced? Lock the bloody door. Don't want the dog chowing down your dinner when go get a drink? Don't leave it in a location the dog can easily get to. Don't want sensitive information to get out into the wild? Don't capture screens from a production system with sensitive information on it in the first place. This isn't rocket science.
It's too simplistic way of thinking. Clearly you haven't worked for a large multinational companies with their immense IT and high security demands on one hand and various systems on the other hand which you have to build a simulation to learn the complex systems using real data because there are no sandbox available. If you are using Articulate to build simple things for elementary school, then you don't need anything particular. Just try working for multinational company and demand them to purchase a sandbox on existing systems because you need to build a training simulation. Then you will know what we are talking about.
you are totally right, my friend, "just ask them to purchase a sandbox" and see yourself growing old :))))
But sometimes we need to train staff internally. With FERPA we cannot have actual student names. But staff still need to learn the student information systems.
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hi Steve, if you create a new layer with a rectangular shape that covers it, and then apply 2% transparency to it? will that work?
Granted this this does not permanently blur your media, but here is an easy option for blurring most elements on your SL slide. This is a quick example, so it can be improved and refined.
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/37c80eaa-9dd1-45de-90c0-ab304758248c/review
Using a short piece of JavaScript, a few variables, and tagging the items you wish to blur in the alt text field, you can selectively blur any of them to different extents, turning it on or off as needed. You could modify the way items are tagged to better preserve the alt text fields.
Having a blur tool would be really beneficial. With the importance of PII on the rise - it would be more useful now than ever.
How is there no blur tool in Storyline?
Haha! I wasn’t paying full attention when I replied earlier today to this 8 year old thread! I had responded 5 years ago with the same suggestions! Surely, the ongoing nature of this discussion warrants an appropriate addition to the Articulate product roadmap?
