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title: "Set up learning plan priority scales"
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updated: 2026-08-13T16:01:28Z
published: 2026-08-13T16:01:28Z
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# Set up learning plan priority scales

Priority scales enable you to define the urgency of [learning plan](/totara-20/docs/what-are-learning-plans) items. Priority scales can be used for courses, skills and objectives in learning plans. You are able to set up multiple priority scales and select any scale for each component.

## Create a priority scale

1. Go to *Quick-access >* *Learning Plans > Priority scales*.
2. Click **Add a new priority scale**.
3. Enter the scale **Name**.
4. Enter the **Priority scale** values. The values must be entered one per line from highest to lowest.
5. Enter a **Description**.
6. Click **Save changes** to save your priority scale.
7. Set the default value by selecting the desired scale value and click **Update**.

The default value is the value that is automatically applied when a course, skill, or an objective, is added to a learner's learning plan. The priority can be changed once the item is added to the learning plan.

You can edit a property scale, including its name, by clicking the **Edit** button.

## Editing a priority scale and scale values

You can add more details to a scale value when you edit it.

1. To edit the scale values click the priority scale name.
2. Click the cog icon to change a scale value. Alternatively you can click the cross icon to remove a scale value, or click **Add new priority scale value** to add a new value to this scale.
3. Use **Scale value ID number** to assign a unique ID number to the scale value.
4. **Priority scale numerical value** allows you to assign a numerical value. This numerical value can appear on reports you create in Report Builder.
5. Click **Save changes** before leaving the page.

![Course badge](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/course-badge_learning-plans.svg?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T06%3A53%3A20Z&se=2026-11-06T07%3A53%3A20Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=srtOKWp4XAjdmutb5j%2FGEirapnPKTLNRdRPuayRvOMg%3D)The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to using [Learning plans](https://totara.community/course/view.php?id=573) in Totara Learn. Here you can learn more on how to use learning plans, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

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