Helpful tips or bad design?

We see less and less of these UI instructions (or UI legend), and l like your slide with the animations. But it may depend on your audience, maybe run a quick test with a few people who are in the demographic, see if they use the UI as intended.

I agree with Phil, that it depends on the audience. This became a need for the current audience I work with so I created a short screen capture video. I have to say that I like your example much better and may have to make the change. Thanks for the inspiration and idea. Great job!

Hi Graham. I'm with Phil in that I like your instruction animations a lot but also wonder if your particular audience needs them given how similar your UI is to so many others your users may encounter.

I've seen a few people tuck instructions like this into a navigation tab in the course player. That way, people who understand the UI right away don't have to see them, but people who are confused have an easy-to-find resource to help. That may be a good solution if your audience runs from tech savvy to tech newbie.

Thanks, Phil