Hi Scott,
Are you asking:
1. How do I make the lesson use my custom layout when it loads? Or,
2. How do I default new lessons to use the dimensions I want?
So, a brand new lesson, when it is created, is 1000x563. I don't think you can change that behavior for newly created lessons*. However, you can alter the dimensions of the "Default" Layout immediately after creating the lesson, without having to create a new Layout.
Most people don't start with a "new" lesson, they often create from an existing lesson. So if they're starting a new lesson called "LessonOnCats", they usually have a pre-existing "LessonOnDogs" that has the correct dimensions and a Master or other resources that they want to reuse.
Also, with the new scaling options, exact lesson size tends to be less of a concern for most people.
Here's a video showing the above, let us know if that doesn't clear things up -
https://share.smartbuilder.com/public/support/lesson-size-and-scaling.mp4* There may be some setting in the installation files to change this, but I'll have to get back to you. Or we may add this to our enhancement list.
- Nav