Left-Side Menu Customization in Player

I have a Role specific course - learners are allowed to enter the course and select their role. 

As a result of their selection they branch into the modules they need to review and pass and don't receive the ones they don't need.

The client wants to have a side menu - but as you can image - if you are not auditing the course - a learner will see a bunch of modules on the left locked that they are not allowed to access and might wonder what's up.

We are THINKING - hey what if we customize the side menu and label the modules by role. and put each module into the folder with the role

However - while I CAN do this -  I can't seem to control which Role the side menu will decide to open up and mark off as complete since all the modules are the same 9 modules but organized differently according to the role selected.

I am guessing the only way to do this would be to duplicate all the modules and exams and results pages and assign them separately to each role - which would be ...a lot. 9 modules, 9 roles - super bloated lots of room for error. (just for a customized side menu)

So can a side menu be customized to show only specific modules when a specific role is selected? Any fun java script for that?

OR any way to connect the roles with the menu item on the side that I want?

Basic question: Has anyone successfully customized the side player menu to include duplicate entries of the course modules and connected them to open with the correct role? (I don't even mind if it marks off the same module in multiple roles as long as it gets it in the one I want.)