The Startup Filmmaker’s Journey to Creating an Online Course.
Follow business-owner Michael as he takes you with him on his journey to create his own course. All the detail and tangible results, with real-time case study content.
How to Create Video Content With Your Phone (For Under $100)
When it comes to creating video content for your business, most people think it requires a lot of equipment and a huge financial investment. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Today, anyone with $100 and a smartphone in their pocket can create outstanding video content. Knowing how to...
Private Video Sharing Solutions for 2026
Private video sharing is more important than ever in 2026. Whether you're a business, educator, or content creator, keeping your videos secure while reaching a specific audience is crucial. This guide will walk you through the best platforms for sharing videos privately and why they matter. From...
Researching Lighting for iPhone videos? We Got You.
Lighting for iPhone Video: Simple Ways to Instantly Improve Your Footage Whatever reasons you may have for choosing to shoot your course videos on an iPhone, you won’t get the quality you’re looking for with your footage if you don’t take time to consider how to light it. Your iPhone camera is a...
How to Create a Successful Online Course Step-By-Step
Think about the last time you learned something new online. Maybe it was a quick YouTube tutorial or a full course that took you step by step through a new skill. The difference between something you click away from and something that keeps you hooked comes down to clarity, structure, and a sense...
12 Best Online Learning Platform Examples for 2026
Online learning has come a long way, and in 2026, the best platforms are more flexible and engaging than ever. Students can follow learning paths shaped to their needs, dive into content libraries full of interactive resources, and get feedback in real time. For busy professionals or companies...
How to Teach Online Without a Degree: Skills, Platforms, and Tips for Success
You don’t always need a degree to start teaching online. What you do need are the right skills, a bit of training, and a plan for getting noticed. A TEFL certification can boost your credibility, but platforms like Preply, Cambly, and italki make it possible to get started with nothing more than...
Product Updates
Spotlightr Galleries
What is a Gallery? In the most simple of terms, it's a single web page that hosts one or more videos. Imagine a set-up similar to Netflix, but for learning, presenting, and discovering. It's simple and quick to set up, but it can also give a beautiful, elegant page to present your videos to your...
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Can You Password Protect YouTube Videos? [And 11 Other Video Security FAQs]
If you use video for your business or course then it's likely that most of your video content will remain visible for everyone on your websites, especially if you are using video for marketing your product or service or explaining a concept or product feature. After all, when more people who watch...
Release Notes: March 2025
OK here we go! This is going to cover new features, improvements and bug fixes for the last half of 2023 and the first two months of 2025. We are long overdue for one of these announcements so let's get started. Over this time period we've had 28 platform updates,...
Release Notes: May 2024
Hello Spotlightr fam, it's time for another edition of release notes. Our last one was at the end of 2023 and at that time we were on version 5.1.54. It's been a little over 4 months since then, bringing us 14 more releases during that time. Included in those was a...
Release Notes: December 2023
Time for some updates! Our last blog update was in July, so we are long overdue. Since July we've updated the Spotlightr platform 15 times (about one update per week, with some weeks skipped). We are currently on version 5.1.54. One notable update wasn't a feature,...