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TRACE ratings,
right where you register.

Stop switching tabs. See instructor TRACE scores directly in NUBanner — color-coded badges, department comparisons, and 5-dimension breakdowns, automatically.

nubanner.neu.edu/StudentRegistrationSsb/ssb/classSearch
NORTHEASTERN Student Registration & Records
Class Search Results — Spring 2026 · Computer Science Showing 1-8 of 312 sections
Select CRN Subj Crse Sec Title Credits Instructor Time Location Seats
12481 CS 3200 01 Algorithms & Data 4.00 Kaplan, Harold 4.8 MWTh 11:45am–1:25pm Shillman 105 3 / 60
12482 CS 3200 02 Algorithms & Data 4.00 Chen, Wei 3.7 TuFr 9:50–11:30am Ryder 155 18 / 60
12510 CS 4120 01 Theory of Computation 4.00 Lapets, Andrei 4.6 MWTh 2:50–4:30pm Forsyth 129 0 / 40
14203 CS 4500 01 Software Development 4.00 Nunez, Gabriel 2.9 MWTh 8:00–9:40am Ryder 101 22 / 50
15801 CS 5800 01 Algorithms 4.00 Riedl, Martin No TRACE TuFr 1:35–3:15pm Churchill 103 11 / 35
15840 CS 6140 01 Machine Learning 4.00 Manzo, Samuele 4.9 MWTh 11:45am–1:25pm Richards 320 5 / 30

TRACE ratings appear automatically next to every instructor in NUBanner. No action required.

30,000+
TRACE reports indexed
5
rating dimensions surfaced
0
extra steps after install

Three steps.
Zero friction.

01
Install the extension

Add TRACE to Chrome in two clicks. No account, no sign-in, no configuration. The extension activates automatically on NUBanner.

02
Search courses as usual

Open NUBanner and search for courses exactly as you normally would. TRACE listens to the search results in the background, you do nothing different.

03
See ratings appear

Color-coded TRACE badges appear next to every instructor name. Hover for a full breakdown: 5 dimensions, department comparison, and response counts.


More than a score.

Most students who find TRACE only ever see the overall number. TRACE for NUBanner surfaces the full picture — automatically, in context, at the right moment.

Instant color signal

Green (≥ 4.5), amber (3.5–4.5), red (< 3.5) — a directional judgment before you even read the instructor's name. No mental math required. "No TRACE" shown clearly when data is unavailable.

Department comparison delta

A raw 3.8 is meaningless without context. Each dimension shows a +0.24 or −0.31 vs. the department average — so you know if that instructor is above or below the norm for their subject, not just for the university.

Five rating dimensions

TRACE measures more than overall satisfaction. See Teaching Quality, Student Support, Learning Impact, Course Design, and Online Delivery — each with its own score and department delta — in a single hover.

Source confidence

Every badge shows the number of matched TRACE reports and total student responses. A 4.9 from 2 responses is very different from a 4.9 from 280. You see both. No misleading aggregations.


CS3200 ★ 4.82
Harold Kaplan
8 reports · 312 responses
Teaching Quality 4.91 +0.42
Student Support 4.76 +0.28
Learning Impact 4.85 +0.37
Course Design 4.71 +0.19
Online Delivery 4.54 −0.06

Every TRACE dimension, decoded.

Teaching Quality

Clarity of instruction, engagement, and effectiveness of explanations. The most predictive dimension for perceived course value.

Student Support

Accessibility outside class — office hours responsiveness, email turnaround, and willingness to help. Critical for co-op and project-heavy semesters.

Learning Impact

How much students felt they actually learned and grew. Distinct from course enjoyment — a rigorous course can score high here.

Course Design

Structure of assignments, exams, pacing, and alignment between syllabus and actual course content. Predictive of workload consistency.

Online Delivery

Effectiveness of hybrid or asynchronous components — recording quality, online resource organization, and virtual office hours.


No accounts. No tracking.
No interference.

This is a student-built tool for Northeastern students. It is not affiliated with the university. Here is exactly what it does and does not do.

Read-only
Cannot modify your registration

The extension only reads data NUBanner already returns. It cannot add or drop courses, access your student account, or submit any form on your behalf. It is purely additive — badges are overlaid on top of the existing page.

Zero data collection
Your data stays on your device

No student identity, session token, or personal data is ever transmitted. The only outbound call is a course-and-instructor lookup to the rating API — identical to searching publicly available TRACE data.

Chrome permissions used:

nubanner.neu.edu storage

NU data only
Official TRACE data, surfaced differently

All ratings come from Northeastern's own TRACE system — the same data you can access manually through the NU portal. TRACE for NUBanner does not create, alter, or editorialize scores. It only puts them where you already are.


Stop guessing.
Register with data.

The next add/drop window opens without warning. Install TRACE for NUBanner once — every search automatically shows ratings from that point forward.

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