Adding a dashboard as a home page is now even easier in Stratum with the new Dashboarding features in 7.1. But users might not want the easily accessed Favorite and Recent window to pop up when Stratum starts since it can block the view of their dashboard.
Users can decide if they want the Favorite and Recent window to display at start up. Steps 1, 2 and 3 in the screen shot below will allow the user to decide if the Favorite and Recent window displays when they go into Stratum.

Number 4 in the above image indicates the Stratum Dashboard as a home page. This is accomplished by an Admin – described below.
You can also change the setting for the Favorite and Recent window in Admin for a user in the User Profile settings.
Number 1 below shows the settings for the user profile.
Number 2 shows how you can change the homepage for a user to be a dashboard. This setting can also be set at the User Group level.
There is more info on how to do this at around 13:50 in this Insight Video.

Hope this helps!