When creating a personal goal, either for yourself or a user in your team, you can configure the following settings.
| Setting | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Name | Enter a title for the goal that will appear on the user's Goals page. | - |
Description | Enter any additional text required to describe the goal. | - |
| Type | Select a goal type. This will determine which custom fields are available to add additional information to a goal. | |
Scale | Select the scale that will be used to mark the user's progress towards the goal. | - |
Target date | Enter the date by which the goal needs to be achieved. Note that this date does not trigger reminders or notifications, rather it is informational only. | - |
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The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to using Goals in Totara Learn. Here you can learn more on how to use goals, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.
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