Chris,
I am not sure which video you are mentioning, can you send me a link.
Generally, we demonstrate the product by creating a new Web Project or Dynamic Web Project or Maven project.
Then we right click on the project and scaffold into the project. One of the screens asks whether or not you would like to add the Spring Nature to the project.
If you are not going to be scafolding, you can also apply the spring capabilities through a right click menu.
Also, are you running within STS or in MyEclipse for Spring Stand alone?
Thanks,
Jack