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.
Thinkific Pricing (2024): A Great Free Plan & More
Updated For 2024 Thinkific is one of the most popular online course platforms for course creators everywhere. They boast a diverse customer base ranging from massive brands like Hootsuite and CMF to solopreneurs and everyone in between. Regardless of where you fall in this range, if you’re...
Final Touches: Finalizing Course Assets and Loading Them Into Your LMS and Site (in 10 Easy Steps)
Woah, we’re almost at the end. This is the second-to-last post in our blog series on How to Create Your Own Online Course. I don’t know about you, but I know a lot more than I did when I started. Which I guess is good, since I’m technically supposed to be teaching you as I go! For anyone new...
Perfecting Your Course Videos: Editing for Engagement and Retention
Hello again! Here we are, entering the home stretch of our blog series on how to create your own online course. For anyone new to the discussion, I’m Michael DiBiasio-Ornelas, a co-founder of Fair Share Films. With Spotlightr’s help, I’m cataloging our journey creating our first online course, The...
Researching Lighting for iPhone videos? We Got You.
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 powerful piece of tech that’s immediately available to you. iPhone video...
Camtasia vs. Screenflow for Video Course Creators
You Can’t Really Go Wrong With Either Choice, but One App Might Fit Better Depending On Your Needs When it comes to producing videos for online course, two of the most popular options for screen recording and video editing are Camtasia and ScreenFlow. Each has its strengths compared to the other....
What Is Visme Used For In Video Course Production
Visme Can Be A Powerful Tool for Creating a Great Course for Lower Up-front Costs Let’s say you’re thinking of creating your first video course, or even a second or third. Maybe you have a good idea on where to start with your content, but you want to test your ideas without breaking the bank....
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How To Prevent Users From Downloading Video Files (Or Share Them!)
Pirates! They're out there. It's a legitimate concern. Digital pirates out there don't want to pay people for their hard work. As a course creator or even a general website owner your videos are your property and one of the most valuable online assets you have. You've spent time...
How To Track Video Views On Your Website Courses
We all know it's very important to know how well your students are absorbing your course material. When students are given books, PDFs, or other documents to read there is no way to know whether they really read it or not. Typically the best way to know if by giving them tests, quizzes and...
Release Notes: January 2022
Happy New Year! It's going to be an exciting 2022. As mentioned in our previous update, new plans were coming and they have indeed arrived. Right before Christmas we rolled out our Spark and Aurora plans to join the Polaris plan. We hope these 3 plans serve to fit...
Release Notes: November 2021
New plans are coming! Here on this page is the first time we are announcing this. In a few weeks we are going to be releasing brand new plans for Spotlightr. Just in time for Christmas cheer! In the fall of 2020 we started offering only one plan, the Polaris plan,...
Release Notes: September 2021
In August and September we wanted to make sure we got out a few big features that were planned for the the third quarter and we were able to deliver. Those new features included big updates with the introduction of My Themes as well as Team Accounts. My Themes was a...