We don't use the dashboard page at all the the "no activities due" info confuses our users since students don't have a required due date.
But I do want the side nav for the home page, calendar, etc.
I want the links to the page removed from the navigation drawer and the user drop-down. It can be absent for all roles, not just students.
UPDATE: I used this CSS to hide it from the user menu. But still looking for a way to hide the link in the side navigation drawer
.dropdown-menu a.dropdown-item.menu-action:first-child {display: none;}