The built-in tutorial (C-h t) was extremely useful for me in learning emacs. First, it's just a document that you can edit. You start at the very beginning by

The built-in tutorial (C-h t) was extremely useful for me in learning emacs. First, it's just a document that you can edit. You start at the very beginning by navigating the document itself. You can save or discard your changes to it. Second, it's marked up to show you when the key bindings it's talking about have been re-bound. This wouldn't be an issue for a "vanilla" emacs, but is useful with preconfigured packages. By the time you get through the tutorial, the basics are second-nature. More power to the videos -- just agreeing that the built-in docs are ample.