Mastering Alexa for Business

Name: Mastering Alexa for Business
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Learn Alexa for business to set up an Alexa powered organization

Created byVenkatesh Varadachari, Haresh Arunachalam

Last updated 5/2018

English

What you'll learn

You will be able to set up an Alexa powered environment
You will be able to develop and host private skills
You will be able to integrate Amazon SES with Alexa skills
You will be able to integrate AWS DynamoDB with Alexa skills
You will be able to integrate Slack along with an Alexa Skill
You will be able to integrate Amazon SNS with Alexa skills
You will be able to build flash briefing skills with Text and Audio feeds

Course content

5 sections • 25 lectures • 3h 1m total length

Introduction to the course4:06
In this lecture, we will take a look at What is Alexa for Business? Why is Alexa for Business important? Course Outcomes and Pre requisites of the course.
Exploring Alexa For Business5:25
In this lecture, we will explore the Alexa for business dashboard and learn about the features of Alexa for business.
Setting up shared devices4:46
In this lecture, we will setup shared devices.
Managing Shared devices4:55
In this lecture, we will manage shared devices.
Hosting a private skill13:42
In this lecture, we will develop and host a private skill.
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Introduction to the Mail Skill4:42
This lecture gives an introduction to the mail skill that we will build in this section
Introducing Amazon SES5:46
In this lecture, we will take a look at Amazon SES and setup SES for AWS Lambda Integration
Adding dialog interface to confirm slots in the skill12:53
In this lecture, we will use the dialog delegate directive to confirm slots
Integrating SES to the skill11:38
In this lecture, we will integrate SES with the skill
Hosting the skill as Private skill and Testing the skill5:24
In this lecture, we will host the mail skill as a private skill and test the skill on the shared device.
Student Project

Introduction to the Directions Skill2:41
This lecture gives a brief introduction about the directions skill that we will build in this section
Setting up the DynamoDB Tables10:38
In this lecture, we will setup the DynamoDB Tables on the console and update the Tables from a Lambda function
Integrating the dynamoDB tables to the skill17:22
In this lecture, we will query the dynamoDB table, build and test the Alexa skill
Hosting the skill as Private skill and Testing the skill8:26
In this lecture, we will take a look at hosting the skills as Private skills, enable the skills according to the room and test the skills on the shared device
Student Project

Introduction to the Maintenance Skill3:29
In this lecture, we briefly get introduced to the Maintenance skill
Setup of Incoming Webhooks app in Slack4:21
In this lecture, we will setup Incoming Webhooks app in Slack
Testing the incoming webhooks app10:08
In this lecture, we will post messages to the slack channel from a lambda function and customize messages by changing the JSON payload.
Integrating Slack with the skill10:09
In this lecture, we will build an Alexa skill that will post the maintenance issues in slack.
Adding SMS alerts to the skill using Amazon SNS9:23
In this lecture, we will take a look at, Amazon SNS and Integrate SNS with the skill
Hosting the skill as Private skill and Testing the skill5:01
In this lecture, we will host the maintenance skill as a private skill and test the skill on the shared devices.
Student Project

Introduction to the organizational news skill2:05
In this lecture, we will introduce the organizational news skill that we will build in this section.
The flash briefing skill with text feed9:35
In this lecture, we will take a look at, Flash briefing pre-built model, Building the organizational news skill with text feed and Testing the organizational news skill on the shared device
Feed updates using a lambda function5:08
In this lecture, we will take a look at, updating the feed to the flash briefing skill using the lambda function.
Extending the flash briefing skill with audio feed7:17
In this lecture, we will take a look at, normalizing audio as required by the flash briefing skill API and extend the organizational news skill to have an audio feed.
Conclusion2:48
In this lecture, we will summarize what we learned in the course.

Requirements

Basics of Alexa Skill development
Knowledge of using Alexa Skills Kit SDK for NodeJS

Description

Hello learners, this is the next course in the series of courses on Alexa Skills Development, which will help you get started with Alexa for business of AWS and build Alexa skills that will be suitable solutions for a business problem or improvements for already existing processes.

The course kicks off with the exploration of the features of Alexa for business, and then in the next section, we will develop a private skill that will help to improve the process of sending Emails within the organization. After that, in the next section, we will develop a private skill that will guide new recruits to get familiar with the places inside an organization and then, we will develop a private skill that will help everyone to send maintenance issues as slack messages and SMS alerts to the Maintenance team. Finally, In the last section, we will develop a private skill that will flash brief organization related announcements and news.

The course gives detailed explanations for all the coding involved in developing these Alexa Skills and also has few projects that can help you to practice and master the concepts by yourself. While doing the projects and going through the course, you can feel free to ask your doubts on the Udemy discussion forum. You will get a response within one working day. Thank you and have a nice time learning.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to set up an Alexa powered environment
Anyone who wants to explore Alexa for business
Anyone who wants to develop and host private skills
Anyone who wants to integrate Amazon SES with Alexa skills
Anyone who wants to integrate AWS DynamoDB with Alexa skills
Anyone who wants to integrate Slack with Alexa skills
Anyone who wants to integrate Amazon SNS with Alexa skills
Anyone who wants to build flash briefing skills with Text and Audio feeds

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Course content

Introducing Alexa For Business5 lectures • 33min

The Mail Skill5 lectures • 40min

The Directions Skill4 lectures • 39min

The Maintenance Skill6 lectures • 43min

The organizational news skill5 lectures • 27min

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