Introduction to RPA (2 ECTS)

Objective

This introductory course to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is intended to explain the basic concepts and methods of the subject.

Content

The course consists of three parts which can be executed in any order: The suggested order is however: Make/read at first the exercises, then the laboratory work, and finally the automatic nonstop exams including the test part of the laboratory work. The automation in the exams (multiple choice questions) made them quite different from the tutorials and exercises. That is why one of the exercises is in fact a laboratory work.

Location and time

Up to Student her-/himself.

Materials

Online in Study environment.

Teaching methods

Course is 100% online (Self-Study) course.

The course consists of three parts which can be executed in any order: The suggested order is however: Make/read at first the exercises, then the laboratory work, and finally the automatic nonstop exams including the test part of the laboratory work. The automation in the exams (multiple choice questions) made them quite different from the tutorials and exercises. That is why one of the exercises is in fact a laboratory work.

1) The 6 exercises (exam 1 to exam 6) are executed independently by the students themselves
following the written instructions in the exercise text. The type of all the exams are multiple choice questions.

2) The laboratory work teaches the student the basics to design his/her own Taskt robots. The test part of the Lab work is also a multiple choice question (exam 6).

3) In every exam there are one or more problems which try to resemble,
if possible, some topic area of the exercise.

Employer connections

N/A

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

Up to Student her-/himself.

Content scheduling

Up to Student her-/himself.

Further information

Metropolia's Degree Student enrol to this course direct in Moodle

Go to: https://moodle.metropolia.fi/course/view.php?id=1529
Course key: rapaa

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

After you Student has done excercices, practice exams and Final Exam he/she will get grading pass.

Assessment methods and criteria

One fourth of the maximum points is needed for passing an exam/lab work. The exams can be taken at any time in the internet and retaken any number of times. The best result will be the final number of points for the exam/lab work in question. There are 6 different exams/lab works (1,2,3,4,5,6) and all of them must be passed separately to pass the course.

Qualifications

Elementary knowledge of programming.

Further information

Course is 100% online (Self-Study) course and it belongs to Information and Communication Unit's NonStop virtual studies.

Further information

Course is 100% online (Self-Study) course and it belongs to Information and Communication Unit's NonStop virtual studies.