--- title: January 2015 Release — Epicenter description: "[one_third] [/one_third] [two_third_last] 4 New Ways to BOOST Your Productivity with Epicenter: #1. Enhanced Email Notifications Stay in sync with your team as submissions are approved and notes are added on your schools and boards. #2. Improved Task Management Now it’s easier to filter tasks in your portfolio and stay on top of what’s important. #3. More Robust […]" image: "https://control.epicenternow.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Release-email-JAN2015-01.png" --- [Skip to content](#main-content) ![](https://control.epicenternow.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Release-email-JAN2015-BLUE-907pxwide.png) [one_third] ![Release email JAN2015-3](https://control.epicenternow.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Release-email-JAN2015-3-211x300.png) [/one_third] [two_third_last] ## 4 New Ways to BOOST Your Productivity with Epicenter: ###### #1. Enhanced Email Notifications Stay in sync with your team as submissions are approved and notes are added on your schools and boards. ###### #2. Improved Task Management Now it’s easier to filter tasks in your portfolio and stay on top of what’s important. ###### #3. More Robust Security Know your data is even more secure using our 2-step authentication feature. ###### #4. Academic Dashboards *(Premium Feature)* At last! A way to track student growth and achievement across your portfolio by school, grade, subject, and more. Quickly connect test data with student information to understand learning trends. Assess performance and easily view, export and print graphs and charts. [/two_third_last] [Back to Blog](/blog/) ## More from Epicenter [![](/cdn-cgi/image/width=768,format=auto,fit=scale-down,quality=70/https://control.epicenternow.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Epicenter-Website-Tiles-916.png) September 30, 2026 What’s New: 2026 Fall Release Epicenter’s latest updates are here. 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