Digital Process Automation (DPA)

1-1 Using FTP

• Install a VPN for accessing content on a server
• Use WinSCP to interact with a remote FTP server

1-2 Introduction to Python

• Install Python 3 and learn the basics of creating scripts
• Learn how to use print() to print messages to standard output
• Learn how to get user input using input()
• Learn how to do simple math
• Learn the basics of data types in Python

2-1 OCR Tools

• Learn about Optical Character Recognition
• Explore the capabilities of open-source tools
• Understand the process of converting an image to text
• Encode text into a PDF
• Learn about some of the commercial solutions that exist

2-2 Introduction to Python II

• Learn about Conditional programming using if statements
• Learn about Iterative programming using for loops

3-1 Graphical User Interface Automation With AutoHotKey

• Use AutoHotKey to send a series of characters
• Use hotstrings to replace a series of characters with another
• Use hotkeys to perform a variety of actions
• Use AutoHotKey to perform mouse actions
• Automate an Interaction with a GUI

3-2 Introduction to OCR Using A Command Line Interface

• Use Tesseract-OCR to convert documents from the Command Prompt
• Compare Command Line Interfaces with Graphical User Interfaces

4-1 Automating Process Calls and File Operations with Python

• Call CLI commands from inside a Python script using the subprocess module
• Use the os module to get a list of files in a directory

4-2 Python File Management

• Use the shutil module to modify files
• Use your knowledge to create and organize your output directory

5-1 The Cloud

• Compare modern-day cloud solutions to FTP
• Learn about permission and automation using OneDrive
• Upload and share course work with the instructor