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title: "Getting started with Totara Skills"
slug: "getting-started-with-totara-skills"
tags: ["Explainer", "Totara Perform"]
updated: 2026-10-08T07:25:59Z
published: 2026-10-08T07:25:59Z
canonical: "totara.help/getting-started-with-totara-skills"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://totara.help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting started with Totara Skills

Here we’ve outlined our suggestions for where to start if you’re new to Totara Skills.

## Understand what it can do

First of all you might want to read our guidance on Totara Skills’ key features:

- [What is Totara Skills?](/totara-20/docs/what-is-totara-skills)
- [What are skills?](/totara-20/docs/what-are-competencies)
- [What are career paths?](/totara-20/docs/what-is-the-career-path-view)
- [What are performance activities?](/totara-20/docs/what-are-performance-activities)
- [What are goals?](/totara-20/docs/what-are-goals)
- [What are insights?](/totara-20/docs/what-are-insights)

## Get started with creation

Once you understand which feature you want to use, then you may be eager to get started with creation. Below you'll find guides on how to get started creating resources in Totara Skills:

- [Create a performance activity](/totara-20/docs/create-a-performance-activity)
- [Create a skill framework](/totara-20/docs/create-a-competency-framework) (this has to be done before you can [create a skill](/totara-20/docs/add-a-competency))
- [Create, edit and delete Totara goals](/totara-20/docs/edit-or-update-a-totara-goal)

From here there are a number of tasks you might want to move on to, depending on your preferred workflow and the feature you are using. For example, you might want to assign users or add content. Guides on all of these can be found on this documentation site.

Join the [Totara Community](https://totara.community/) for more resources to help you get the most out of Totara.

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