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 Start an Online School

How to Start an Online School

Prepare for the Work & the Rewards There are many reasons why you might want to start an online school. They’re flexible, accessible, more more affordable to build than traditional educational environments, and they come with powerful abilities to personalize coursework and rapidly scale both...

Why Microlearning Platforms Should Help Shape Your Course

Why Microlearning Platforms Should Help Shape Your Course

Video Course Creators Would Be Wise to Study Microlearning Models in Creating Their Courses  Creating great content for your course isn’t just about the lesson materials themselves. If your presentation and formatting isn’t as engaging and accessible as it could be, the competition could win...

5 Examples of Microlearning Frameworks That Could Benefit Video Course Creators

5 Examples of Microlearning Frameworks That Could Benefit Video Course Creators

Microlearning Is About More Than Your Video Course Content (Use it Everywhere) We’ve covered what microlearning is and why course creators would be wise to employ it in their offerings if they don’t already. There’s a summary of some popular examples of microlearning platforms in that post. But...

Teachable Pricing (2023) – Everything You Need To Know

Teachable Pricing (2023) – Everything You Need To Know

Teachable is a popular platform for building, launching, and growing your online course business. But choosing the right Teachable pricing plan can be tricky, with four options to pick from. We’ll take you through each Teachable pricing plan and share which will benefit your online course business...

8 Camtasia Alternatives for Online Course Creators

8 Camtasia Alternatives for Online Course Creators

Camtasia is a powerful screen recording and video editing tool online course creators have used for years. However, it’s not the only option on the market, and depending on your needs, it might not even be the best. Many screen recording and video editing tools offer features similar to Camtasia....

Camtasia vs. Snagit: Which is Better for Video Course Creators?

Camtasia vs. Snagit: Which is Better for Video Course Creators?

  Surprise! We’re Telling You Straight Away (The Answer is Camtasia) Let’s get right to the point. After all, you have videos to create. At the end of this post, we’re going to recommend Camtasia over Snagit for most video course creation use cases. This isn’t a paid endorsement (both tools...

Product Updates

Release Notes: March 2020

Release Notes: March 2020

The start of 2020 has seen unprecedented world events.  Covid 19 has affected the world like nothing we have seen in our lifetime.  Thankfully we have been able to adapt and continue to build and grow, and we certainly consider ourselves very lucky.  We wish everyone out there the best and hope we...

Release Notes: October 2019

Release Notes: October 2019

In the second half of 2019 our focus is on improving the performance of the player itself. We are working on developing a lightweight version of Spotlightr which will leverage several years of lessons learned in optimizing the performance and delivering video content. With this in mind, this is...

Release Notes: December

Release Notes: December

In December we've reorganized our team and have laid out the roadmap for 2018 which focuses on continuing to provide excellent service and improving the stability and performance of our video hosting solution. Additionally we will be implementing major improvements to...

Release Notes: November

Release Notes: November

Big updates for November include a complete rework of how we secure uploaded video content, major enhancements to video insight analytics, and better video management. There are also several minor updates resulting from user feedback and continual optimization...

Release Notes: October

Release Notes: October

We love the fall because with it comes Halloween and then the holiday season.  We're working hard to bring features no other platform can provide, thanks to our customer requests. October brings a lot of new features and exciting opportunities to Spotlightr, as well...