NANODEGREE PROGR AM SYLL ABUS

RPA Developer
with UiPath

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Overview
The RPA Developer Nanodegree Program helps students develop professional-level skills focused on developing
and deploying software robots. The course assumes no prior knowledge of RPA. It begins by introducing basic
RPA concepts, introduces the UiPath RPA platform and teaches a student how to use free UiPath software to
automate business processes while refreshing basic programming skills along the way.

Prerequisites:
A well-prepared learner is already able to:
• Use Microsoft applications, understand data manipulation, and understand basic logical sequence flows
(like Visio)

While the following experience is not required to complete the Nanodegree program, students may
benefit from:
• Proficiency in a programming language and scripting in a programming language to review, implement, and
modify code; VB.NET/VBA/C# experience is a plus
• An understanding of the .NET framework

A student must have access to a Windows-based machine with Microsoft applications like Excel and Outlook or a
VM running a Windows Environment
• Minimum Hardware and Software requirements:
· CPU: 2 x 1.8GHz 32-bit (x86)
· RAM: 4 GB
· Windows 7+, Chrome, and Microsoft Office

I N CO L L A B O R AT I O N W I T H

Estimated Time: Prerequisites:

4 Months at Proficiency in a
10hrs/week programming
language

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Course 1: Intro to RPA with UiPath
In this course, you will learn about RPA using UiPath, specifically how to use UiPath Studio to develop automation
solutions. You’ll first get a deep dive into Studio and how to use activities to program the robot to mimic actions.
You’ll understand how data is stored and passed between applications and actions while understanding the logical
flow of execution of the actions. You’ll understand how to ensure data is valid and in any format needed while
learning what’s available to leverage from the Microsoft coding language used in Studio. Finally, you’ll learn about
selectors, which are the heart of user interface identification and automation and how the robots use them to
work within UI applications to successfully identify where to enter or extract data and actions.

You are tasked with organizing several annual reports from your
company, but you want to be able to create an automation so
Project 1: that you can just click one button and automatically sort future
Sorting Annual Reports reports! You will be given a webpage where all the reports are
currently stored and will create an automation to sort them
based on the name of the reports.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Install and update the UiPath components and extensions,

taking into account the versioning scheme.
Introduction to • Use the user interface of the UiPath Studio to interact with
LESSON ONE
UiPath the application and design automation workflows.
• Search, install, save, use and reuse activities in UiPath
Studio.

• Code an automation using variables and arguments

Variables,
• Understand and utilize the correct data types
LESSON TWO Arguments, &
• Code an automation using both sequences and flowcharts
Control Flow
• Code an automation which loops through data

• Pescribe data manipulation and its importance

• Apply data manipulation methods suitable for RPA to
different types of data structures and variables
• Explain collection, its types, and manipulations
• Understand and correctly use the properties of User
Data & String
MID-COURSE Interface activities to make them robust, reusable, and
Manipulation and UI
PROJECT scalable
Activity Properties
• Using VB.NET string methods, dynamically store all the files
in the folder in an array variable
• Using validation methods, check the file names against
constraints and move the files depending on the process
requirements

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 • Understand what is a Selector and what makes a selector
robust, stable, and dynamic
• Create stable and dynamic selectors
• Debug selectors to fine-tune them in order to improve
LESSON THREE Selectors
element manipulation precision
• Understand the structure of selectors and what tags and
attributes refer to
• Use Anchors to manage difficult situations.

Course 2: UiPath Advanced Automation

Techniques and Design
In this course, you’ll cover more advanced automation techniques to make you confident automating various
software, web applications, and beyond. You’ll learn how to extract, manipulate, and insert data within Excel and
PDF documents. You’ll learn about the recording options in Studio to assist you in quickly building automation
projects, and how to code automation emails for input, output, and email management. In addition, you’ll learn
how to implement debugging techniques to ensure your code is free from errors and runs end to end. And finally,
you’ll be introduced to UiPath Orchestrator, a web based management tool, so you can manage your projects and
use the developer functionalities to make your projects robust and scalable.

In this project, you will develop an automation for a process that will
scrape data from and then process invoices. Your robot will read
Project 2: through emails and download the invoices received in the form of an
email attachment. It will extract specific data and store those values
Invoice Scraping in an Excel spreadsheet and a subset of values will be uploaded to the
Orchestrator Queue. And finally, the robot will email the spreadsheet
to you when finished.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Understand the concept of DataTable and its Manipulation

technique
• Identify the common methods of data manipulation for
DataTables
Excel, Data
• Code an automation using an Excel spreadsheet, datatables,
LESSON ONE Tables, and PDF
and PDFs
Automation
• Automate creating and populating new Excel files from
datatable variables using the Excel and Workbook automation
packages within UiPath Studio.
• Extract text segments from PDF using the PDF activities

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 • Use the recorder to automate actions
• Differentiate between actions that can be recorded
automatically and actions that have to be manually recorded in
UiPath
• Use the Basic, Desktop and Web Recording and know the
situations in which each of them is appropriate
Recording, UI
• Use the Screen Scraping wizard and configure input and output
Interactions, and
LESSON TWO methods as appropriate to the context. •
Advanced Citrix
• Use the Data Scraping functionality of UiPath in the
Automation
appropriate contexts.
• Code an automation to scrape data from various sources
(web, PDF, applications) using data scraping wizard and screen
scraping wizard
• Perform basic Image and Text Automations as well as Virtual
Machine Application Automations

• Identify activities suited for email automation

• Code an automation to read emails using Mail activities
LESSON THREE Email Automation • Code an automation to filter and download attachment
from the mail
• Code an automation to send emails using message template

• Use debugging techniques to find errors

Debugging, • Define exception handling and use of different types of
LESSON FOUR Exception Handling, exceptions in finding errors
and Testing • Run and test your automations with default values and re-
usable code

• Define Orchestrator and its functions

• Understand the concept of processes and publishing package
Introduction to • Connect your Studio Robot to Orchestrator and identify types
LESSON FIVE
Orchestrator of robots in Orchestrator
• Understand Orchestrator Queues and Assets
• Define the process for scheduling of robots

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Course 3: RPA Team Best Practices
As an RPA developer, you need to understand how to handle anything thrown your way with consistent and
successful methods. This course will give you the tools you need to be successful as an RPA developer and
working with an RPA team. First, you’ll understand how to identify and handle common challenges with RPA
projects. Then, you’ll learn the best way to design solutions and have clean, organized project solutions. You’ll
learn standard best practices to make working within a team a breeze and ensure you consider the most
important aspects to well written code in Studio. Next, you’ll cover an advanced topic, the Robotic Enterprise
Framework, which is necessary for production level projects. Finally, you’ll understand how RPA teams work
together, how automation is an end-to-end process, and how it relates to AI and other technologies, as well as
how to learn more and connect with the RPA community.

As an RPA developer, you will often be called on by other RPA

developers on your team to review their work. Team members
Project 3: review each other’s code routinely before completing the end-to-
end automation solution.
RPA Code Review
As the RPA developer leading the project, it is your job to finish
the Design Specification Document (DSD) when the development
and testing is done for hand-off to the COE.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Code an automation that interacts with a user

• Verify stability of the automation
• Catch all errors and handle them in a graceful way by
LESSON ONE Automation Challenges reprocessing, retrying, or letting the user know when an
action failed and must be manually handled
• Understand the common exceptions thrown in UiPath
Studio

• Organize a project in an efficient and understandable way

• Ensure all business requirements from a Process
Definition Document are met throughout a project (all
LESSON TWO Project Organization use cases stated, all known and unknown exceptions
handled, etc.)
• Test and debug each workflow (unit testing) as well as
the overall project workflow

• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of best practices by

correcting the project in areas of readability, logging, re-
usability, and naming conventions
LESSON THREE Best Practices • Build and test dynamic selectors and highlight relevant
tags and attributes of those selectors
• Complete project documentation and necessary sections
of the Design Specification Document

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 • Understand the production level framework, state
LESSON FOUR RE Framework
machines, audit logs, and retry mechanisms

• Understand how RPA fits into digital transformation

LESSON FIVE Capstone Work
• Understand expectations of each role on an RPA team

Capstone Project:
Personal Use Automation
You will apply the skills you have developed throughout this Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Developer with
UiPath Nanodegree to build an automation of a process in your professional or personal life. To ensure your
process is impactful and a good use case for your portfolio, it will have to be a process which interacts with
multiple applications, contains data manipulation, handles errors and exceptions, and has good design and
reusable components. First, you will fill out all the necessary steps of the process and any requirements in the
Process Definition Document (PDD). Then, you will design and build the automated solution in UiPath Studio.
Finally, you will create the resulting Development Specifications Document (DSD) showcasing your solution and
any dependencies needed to run it.

Learn with the Best

Kristina Kaldon Niyaz Ahmed

R PA D E V E LO P E R T E C H N I C A L CO N S U LTA N T
Kristina studied Astronomy and Niyaz is a Technical Consultant and
Physics at Penn State University. After Technical Trainer at UiPath, where he
completing her degree, she worked with teaches UiPath to various academic
satellites at MIT Lincoln Laboratory while institutions. He formerly worked as a Tech
taking graduate courses in Aerospace Mentor at NIIT LTD, where he mentored
Engineering. She is a self-taught RPA learners through project-based learning
Developer and Program Manager on for various programming languages.
the UiPath Learning team. He has an Engineering Degree from
Mumbai University.

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Our Classroom Experience
REAL-WORLD PROJECTS
Build your skills through industry-relevant projects. Get
personalized feedback from our network of 900+ project
reviewers. Our simple interface makes it easy to submit
your projects as often as you need and receive unlimited
feedback on your work.

KNOWLEDGE
Find answers to your questions with Knowledge, our
proprietary wiki. Search questions asked by other students
and discover in real-time how to solve the challenges that
you encounter.

STUDENT HUB
Leverage the power of community through a simple, yet
powerful chat interface built within the classroom. Use
Student Hub to connect with your technical mentor and
fellow students in your Nanodegree program.

WORKSPACES
See your code in action. Check the output and quality of
your code by running them on workspaces that are a part
of our classroom.

QUIZZES
Check your understanding of concepts learned in the
program by answering simple and auto-graded quizzes.
Easily go back to the lessons to brush up on concepts
anytime you get an answer wrong.

CUSTOM STUDY PLANS

Work with a mentor to create a custom study plan to suit
your personal needs. Use this plan to keep track of your
progress toward your goal.

PROGRESS TRACKER
Stay on track to complete your Nanodegree program with
useful milestone reminders.

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All Our Nanodegree Programs Include:

EXPERIENCED PROJECT REVIEWERS

REVIEWER SERVICES

• Personalized feedback & line by line code reviews

• 1600+ Reviewers with a 4.85/5 average rating
• 3 hour average project review turnaround time
• Unlimited submissions and feedback loops
• Practical tips and industry best practices
• Additional suggested resources to improve

TECHNICAL MENTOR SUPPORT

MENTORSHIP SERVICES

• Questions answered quickly by our team of

technical mentors
• 1000+ Mentors with a 4.7/5 average rating
• Support for all your technical questions

PERSONAL CAREER SERVICES

C AREER SUPPORT

• Resume support
• Github portfolio review
• LinkedIn profile optimization

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FAQs + Contact Info
WHY SHOULD I ENROLL?
Technology is facing a tipping point and Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
is the catalyst. Over 60% of all positions for information workers spend over
30% of their time doing rote, automatable tasks, and business are looking to
leverage RPA to free up employees to focus on more strategic work. That’s
why RPA is the fastest-growing segment of the enterprise software market,
and why UiPath was the fastest growing technology company in 2019.

The RPA Developer Nanodegree program was designed with UiPath to train
professionals to be able to support companies in their adoption of RPA tools
and best practices. Students will learn the skills that enable automation
processes, master specific automation techniques for the most commonly
used applications like Excel, email, and PDFs, and work within the UiPath
platform to implement RPA best practices and enable more advanced
automation processes. By becoming an RPA Developer today, you’ll have
the skills companies need as the RPA field continues expand in the coming
years.

WHAT JOBS WILL THIS PROGRAM PREPARE ME FOR?

The RPA Developer Nanodegree program prepares students with the
comprehensive knowledge and professional-level skills you will need to
develop and deploy business process automations. Those skills will be
useful in a variety of roles across many industries, especially Finance,
Healthcare, Insurance, Consulting, Manufacturing, Telecommunications, and
beyond. Some specific roles include:

• RPA Developer
• Business Analyst
• Business Intelligence Developer
• Project Managers
• RPA Architect
• Technology Consultant
• Process Designer
• Production Manager

HOW DO I KNOW IF THIS PROGRAM IS RIGHT FOR ME?

The RPA Developer Nanodegree Program is a great fit for anyone interested
in learning how to leverage RPA software in their existing roles or to prepare
for new opportunities. The program assumes no prior knowledge of RPA,
but there are some useful prerequisites that we outline below.
ENROLLMENT AND ADMISSION

DO I NEED TO APPLY? WHAT ARE THE ADMISSION CRITERIA?

There is no application. This Nanodegree program accepts everyone,
regardless of experience and specific background.

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WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES FOR ENROLLMENT?
A well-prepared learner is already able to:
• Use Microsoft applications, understand data manipulation, and
understand basic logical sequence flows (like Visio)
While the following experience is not required to complete the Nanodegree
program, students may benefit from:
• Proficiency in a programming language and scripting in a programming
language to review, implement, and modify code; VB.NET/VBA/C#
experience is a plus
• An understanding of the .NET framework
A student must have access to a Windows-based machine with Microsoft
applications like Excel and Outlook or a VM running a Windows
environment. Specific minimum hardware and software requirements:
• CPU: 2 x 1.8GHz 32-bit (x86)
• RAM: 4 GB
• Windows 7+, Chrome, and Microsoft Office
• For more information on the recommended hardware requirements or
other versions of software, you can go to UiPath Hardware and Software
Requirements

IF I DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO ENROLL, WHAT SHOULD I DO?

We recommend our Intro to Programming Nanodegree program if you want
to brush up on basic programming skills.
TUITION AND TERM OF PROGR AM

HOW IS THIS NANODEGREE PROGRAM STRUCTURED?

The RPA Developer Nanodegree program is comprised of content and
curriculum to support four projects. We estimate that students can
complete the program in four months, working five to ten hours per week.

Each project will be reviewed by the Udacity reviewer network. Feedback

will be provided, and if you do not pass the project, you will be asked to
resubmit the project until it passes.

HOW LONG IS THIS NANODEGREE PROGRAM?

Access to this Nanodegree program runs for the length of time specified
in the payment card above. If you do not graduate within that time period,
you will continue learning with month to month payments. See the Terms
of Use and FAQs for other policies regarding the terms of access to our
Nanodegree programs.

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FAQs + Contact Info cont.
CAN I SWITCH MY START DATE? CAN I GET A REFUND?
Please see the Udacity Nanodegree program FAQs found here for policies
on enrollment in our programs.
S O F T WA R E A N D H A R D WA R E - W H AT D O I N E E D F O R T H I S P R O G R A M ?

WHAT SOFTWARE AND VERSIONS WILL I NEED IN THIS PROGRAM?

A student must have access to a Windows-based machine with Microsoft
applications like Excel and Outlook or a VM running a Windows
Environment. Minimum Hardware and Software requirements:
• CPU: 2 x 1.8GHz 32-bit (x86)
• RAM: 4 GB
• Windows 7+, Chrome, and Microsoft Office
For more information on the Recommended Hardware Requirements or
other versions of software, you can go to UiPath Hardware and Software
Requirements

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