- Overview
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Introduction 2 min
- What is automation?
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What is automation? 2 min
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Quick knowledge check: what is automation? 1 min
- What should you automate?
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What should you automate? Part 1: Identifying opportunities 2 min
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What should you automate? Part 2: Prioritizing 2 min
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Brainstorming help from an AI chatbot 2 min
- Wrap up
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Recap 1 min
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Course complete! How did it go? 1 min
Discover your first automation
Identify tasks and workflows worth automating
This beginner course is your gateway to understanding and harnessing the power of automation with Zapier.
Duration: 13 minutes
What you'll learn:
✅ Understanding Automation: Delve into the definition of automation, exploring its transformative potential for your work.
✅ Identifying Automation Opportunities: Learn how to pinpoint tasks and workflows in your work that are ripe for automation.
✅ Coming up with a plan: Learn to prioritize automation opportunities and develop a concrete plan for what you'll build first.
⛔ How to build a Zap: That topic is covered in the next course in the series, Building your first Zap.
The Beginner Series
Discover Your First Automation kickstarts our Beginner series. It paves the way for the subsequent courses in the series:
- (This course) Discover your first automation: Learn to identify tasks worth automating and formulate a clear plan for your first automation project.
- Building your first Zap: This course will walk you through creating your first Zap.
- Enhancing your Zaps: We'll move on to more complex automations, teaching you to integrate multiple actions, conditional logic, and even leverage AI.
Who should enroll
If you're new to the concept of software automation, then this course is for you! Experienced tech professionals with a specific automation plan in mind may prefer to start with the next course in the series, Building your first Zap.