I personally prefer to start by glancing at text. If it seems interesting I'll watch the video. If I want to know more, I'll read the text carefully and click the links.
That was my thought initially but steered away because of the large combination. In the sites current state I have a little [?] located next to things that may need to be explained. Upon clicking you get a nice dialog box that explains things. When the dialog box shows up, it grays everything else out, so do you think throwing both text and video in there would be alright? I want to avoid making it look like too much and turning the user away.
Well you don't want to go down that road. By having everything showing, you're giving more control to the user (they get to decide which mode of learning is best for them) and search engines get to digest your content and reward you with "free" traffic.
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Ideally, both.
I personally prefer to start by glancing at text. If it seems interesting I'll watch the video. If I want to know more, I'll read the text carefully and click the links.
That was my thought initially but steered away because of the large combination. In the sites current state I have a little [?] located next to things that may need to be explained. Upon clicking you get a nice dialog box that explains things. When the dialog box shows up, it grays everything else out, so do you think throwing both text and video in there would be alright? I want to avoid making it look like too much and turning the user away.
Well you don't want to go down that road. By having everything showing, you're giving more control to the user (they get to decide which mode of learning is best for them) and search engines get to digest your content and reward you with "free" traffic.