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title: "Configuring review item questions"
slug: "configuring-review-item-questions-1"
tags: ["How-to", "Totara Skills"]
updated: 2026-10-08T07:25:59Z
published: 2026-10-08T07:25:59Z
canonical: "totara.help/configuring-review-item-questions-1"
---

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# Configuring review item questions

[Review item questions](/totara-20/docs/review-item-question-type-1) allow you to pull content from other features into a [performance activity](/totara-20/docs/what-are-performance-activities-1).

If you have permissions to create a performance activity then follow these steps:

1. Create a performance activity (see the [Create a performance activity](/totara-20/docs/create-a-performance-activity-1) page).
2. Add **Responding participant** relationships.
3. Click **Edit content elements** in the bottom right.
4. Click **Add elements** and then select **Review item** from the dropdown menu.
5. Enter the **Question text** and set the **Review type** to either:
  - Skills
  - Totara goals
  - Legacy company goals
  - Legacy personal goals
  - Evidence
  - Learning
6. From the relationships you set as **Responding participants** you can now set the **Selection participant**, who will be required to select the review item in the activity. For example, you might want the **Subject** to select a goal to discuss with their manager.
7. Optionally, for skills check the box next to **Enable performance activity rating**, or for goal content the box next to **Ability to change goal status during activity**, if you want any ratings added in this performance activity to be submitted to the original item.
8. If you enable performance activity rating **Rating participant** will now appear, so you can select the relationship you want to assign from the **Responding participants** you added previously (e.g. **Subject** or **Manager**).
9. Check the box for **Response required** to make this question mandatory.
10. Click **Save**.

## **Configure in the skill**

If you have chosen then review item type of **Skill** then once you have set up the performance activity (as described above) you can add the **Performance activity review** achievement path to the desired skills.

You can see more about adding [achievement paths](/totara-20/docs/what-are-achievement-paths) in the dedicated documentation.

## Next steps

- [Add content to a performance activity](/totara-20/docs/add-content-to-a-performance-activity-1)

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