In the last month or so, I've heard from the members of this group that they have no idea what is make.com or automation.
That's why I created this 15 min tutorial that introduces the platform. I also made a quick automation that just glides over the concept of automation.
Main points:
Automation just means getting data from one platform to another, without the need of any manual work.
In Make, Scenario is a single automation and operation is a single run of a module in that scenario.
In order to actually get the data from platform to platform, you need to give Make access to the platforms. You do that in connections tab.
Templates are prebuilt scenarios which you can access in the templates tab. They are basic, but a good starting point.