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Course lessons that are easy to follow.

Teach on screen with your camera beside the lesson, read from a teleprompter nobody sees, and give every video captions and chapters.

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Teaching on screen is hard to do alone.

You’re presenting, operating the software, watching your notes and remembering what comes next, all at once. Shotbox takes the notes off your mind and the editing off your evening.

What you'll make

Course lessons

You and the screen together, in a layout that suits the lesson.

Short explainers

One idea per video, captioned for viewers watching on mute.

Lesson chapters

Chapters from what you said, ready for YouTube.

How Shotbox helps

Every tool for the job, in one app.

What you see

turns a week of reports

into one screen.

What’s recorded
Teleprompter →

Your notes, invisible to students

Read the lesson from a teleprompter that sits over the software and never appears in the recording. Follow my voice keeps up as you speak, pause or go back.

  • Never in the recording, not even in Zoom
  • Paced in words per minute
  • Mirror mode for prompter glass
KeepPop outCut out
Camera cut-out →

You and the lesson together

Pick a layout: a corner bubble for software lessons, side by side for discussion, camera only for introductions. Cut out your background so you stand on the slide.

  • Thirteen screen-and-camera layouts
  • Cut out or pop out, on-device
  • Layouts adapt to vertical for promo clips
📌 Stick
Draw on screen →

Point at what matters, live

Draw arrows, circles and highlights on screen while you teach. With stick on, they stay with the thing they point at as you scroll.

  • Pen, highlighter, arrow, rectangle, ellipse
  • Five colours
  • Fade marks after three seconds if you like
CHAPTERS
0:00Intro
0:42The new dashboard
1:58Weekly reports
3:10Sharing with your team
Copy for YouTube
Captions & transcript →

Captions and chapters for every lesson

Captions help every learner and are made on your Mac. Chapters let students jump straight to the part they need, and copy into YouTube in one click.

  • Seventeen caption styles
  • Export .srt for your course platform
  • Chapters from what you said
MediaAudioTitlesTransitionsLayouts
OPENER
Sam RiveraProduct lead
LOOK HERE
NEON
Studio editor →

A consistent look across the course

Save your own title designs and use the same opener, lower third and end card on every lesson.

  • Twenty title designs to start from
  • Save your own for every project
  • Sound library for intro music
CopySaveEditPinCopy text
Screenshots →

Handouts from the same app

Capture the steps as screenshots, annotate them and pin one on screen while you teach as your own reference.

  • Pin a screenshot above every window
  • Annotate with numbered steps
  • Copy text out of any capture
16:9
1:1
9:16
Exporting · 3.1× real time
Export →

Clips to promote the course

Cut a vertical clip from each lesson for social, with captions and your camera cut out.

  • TikTok, Reels and Shorts canvases
  • Layouts adapt to vertical
  • Captions keep their proportions
Recommended setup

Start with these settings.

CanvasYouTube — 16:9
Camera layoutPicture in picture for software; Side by side for discussion
Camera backgroundCut out over a calm backdrop
Caption styleClean or Bubble
TeleprompterAround 140 wpm, Follow my voice on
ExportMP4 with an .srt file
Tips

Tips for better results.

  1. Start the prompter with the recording

    Turn on start with recording so the script begins as soon as the countdown ends.

  2. Mark, then fade

    Turn on fade in draw mode for quick pointers that disappear after three seconds, so the screen never clutters.

  3. Short lessons

    Record one idea per lesson. Short videos are easier to re-record when the software changes.

  4. Save your intro

    Use Save design… on your opener and end card so every lesson starts and ends the same way.

How it works

Three steps, one app.

Everything runs on your Mac, and nothing is uploaded on the way.

  1. 1

    Read your script

    The teleprompter follows your voice and never appears in the recording.

    Teleprompter →
  2. 2

    Choose a camera layout

    Thirteen layouts, from a corner bubble to side by side, at any canvas shape.

    Camera cut-out →
  3. 3

    Caption and chapter it

    Captions are made on your Mac, and chapters copy straight into YouTube.

    Captions & transcript →
An example

Recording a lesson in one sitting

  1. Prep

    Import the lesson notes into the teleprompter and pick the picture-in-picture layout.

  2. Teach

    Record the lesson, drawing arrows on the parts you’re explaining.

  3. Tidy

    Cut the stumbles from the transcript and add your saved opener.

  4. Publish

    Export the lesson with an .srt file, and a vertical clip to promote it.

Questions
Can I use slides?

Yes. Record any window, including your slide software, with your camera in any layout.

Does it work with my course platform?

Shotbox exports standard MP4 files and .srt captions, which course platforms accept.

Can students see my notes?

No. The teleprompter is invisible to every screen capture, including Shotbox’s own.

Features you'll use
TeleprompterYour script, never in the recordingLearn more →Camera cut-outRemove the background behind youLearn more →Captions & transcriptCaptions on-device; edit by deleting textLearn more →
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