Usability Testing (for Wednesday's class)

Hi.

I know that we're left to formulate our own usability tests for class this week, but I was wondering if anyone had some further advice for me as I'm thinking about my own.

Our guest presenter suggested we do the following:

• Think up 5 tasks, three of which are relatively easy/common, the other two being more obscure
• Note the activity of the participant -- where do their eyes go? What do they do with their mouse? How long does it take them to find X thing?
• Repeat with 4 others (preferably drawn from representative user groups)

Am I missing something? We are basically just designing a series of treasure hunts, right?

I found this site to be helpful in designing my tests, but I didn't know if we had to write up something formally to turn in, or if it's going to be more like the card-sorting exercise . . .

Thanks,

JB