Kudos on have intro tutorials!
I have noticed that since the tutorials are modal (stop any control action until the OK button is pressed) and it seems during the tutorial the desired behavior is to constrain the user's interaction, you might consider placing the tutorial instructions dead center in the screen, rather than above the lower interface 'dashboard'.
As a new user, I tried interacting with things that worked earlier (because the prompting wasn't up) but didn't work in later tutorials, and there was no feedback (e.g., no "hey there cadet, in tutorial mode we've locked down your remote visual controls until we're sure you are focused on our instruction!") or error indicated.
Regards,
~G