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title: "Review goals in a performance activity"
slug: "review-goals-in-a-performance-activity"
updated: 2026-08-13T16:01:31Z
published: 2026-08-13T16:01:31Z
canonical: "totara.help/review-goals-in-a-performance-activity"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Review Totara goals in a performance activity

When configuring a performance activity, users can add a [**Review item** question type](/totara-20/docs/review-item-question-type) to allow participants to review an existing [Totara goal](/totara-20/docs/what-are-goals).

Users should ensure that their goals are up to date before selecting them to review in a performance activity.

To select Totara goals to review in a performance activity, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the performance activity.
2. Work through the questions until you reach the **Review item** question.
3. Click **Add goals**.
4. Check the box for each goal you wish to review in this performance activity. You can use the search bar to look for a specific goal, or click the **Selected** tab to see only the goals you currently have selected.
5. Click **Add**.
6. You can remove a goal by clicking the **X** icon.
7. Once you're happy with the selected goals, click **Confirm selection**.
8. You can then click **Update progress** if you wish to update the goal, then enter a new **Progress** value and set a new **Status**. Click **Update** to finish updating the goal progress.
9. Once you've updated the progress for all selected goals, click **Submit**.

The goal will be updated immediately. If the goal's **Progress** and **Status** are updated in a performance overview, only the first response submitted (if multiple responding participants are identified) will be applied.

Changes made between the goal selection and the review will not be visible in the performance activity.  
  
Also note that participants assigned to this section of the performance activity will be able to view the goal's **Title**, **Description**, **Status** and **Progress**, but won't be able to view the goal outside of the activity. 

![Selecting and updating Totara goals in a performance activity.](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/image-1697189407851.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T13%3A52%3A34Z&se=2026-11-01T14%3A52%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=OsWelcwCa2ktaTcDBiDtStTCmny3CXH%2B6qgNfhjadZQ%3D)

![Course badge](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/course-badge_goals.svg?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T13%3A52%3A34Z&se=2026-11-01T14%3A52%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=OsWelcwCa2ktaTcDBiDtStTCmny3CXH%2B6qgNfhjadZQ%3D)Why not visit the Totara Academy for our latest course on [Goals](https://totara.community/mod/page/view.php?id=23390) in Totara Perform. Here you can learn more on how to use goals, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

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