This is a small thing, but it makes a big difference if your school is like my school and pops future courses into your Course Dashboard, cluttering up the view. The key is this: star what you want in the Dashboard view, and unstar what you don't.
Click Courses in your left navigation menu.
Click All Courses link.
You can see all your courses there (current, past, future) and star or unstar what you want to see or not see.
