When teachers grade assignments via the assignment center, they see most of the information about a student before they enter the grade for that assignment. HOWEVER, they DO NOT see the absence icons that show in the gradebook that alert the teacher that the student was absent on the day the assignment was due, etc. So the teachers need to toggle back and forth between Gradebook and Assignment center to make sure they have all the details about that student.
Our academic policies have different rules for whether or not we can accept late assignments based on the type of absence. Therefore it would be really helpful for teachers to know which type of absence a student has in order to determine if they earned a grade or a zero for the assignment.