---
title: "Update learning plan items"
slug: "update-learning-plan-items"
tags: ["Participant", "Manager", "How-to", "Totara Learn"]
updated: 2026-08-13T16:01:28Z
published: 2026-08-13T16:01:28Z
canonical: "totara.help/update-learning-plan-items"
---

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

# Update learning plan items

Once learners have started working through the contents of their learning plan, you may want to update the status of different content items. While the status of courses and programs on a learning plan will automatically update based on their completion settings as the learner completes them, you need to update skill and objective statuses manually.

## Setting a skill status in a learning plan

As a manager you may need to change the status of a skill in a learning plan. This can be done by following these steps:

1. Navigate to the learner's learning plan.
2. Select the **Competencies** tab.
3. Set the skill status using the dropdown in the **Status** column (if you have the required permissions).
4. If you wish to edit the skill in detail and provide more information about the assessment you can instead click the bar graph icon (Set status) in the **Actions** column.
5. Edit the assessor details, assessment type, status, and completion details (including **Proficiency achieved** date).
6. Click the **Save changes** button.

If the **Proficiency achieved** date is not manually set then it defaults to the time when the user first achieves a proficient status. If there are multiple proficient values in the skill it won't automatically update unless you select an unproficient value before saving the record and then reselecting a proficient value.

## Update a goal status in a learning plan

As a manager you can update the status of a goal on an active learning plan by following these steps:

1. Navigate to the learner's learning plan.
2. Select the **Objectives** tab.
3. Set the goal status using the dropdown option in the **Status** column (if you have the required permissions).

![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=2026-11-06T07%3A41%3A24Z&se=2026-11-06T08%3A41%3A24Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=G1brUvXTzmDhCFaWHTmxvkB65YagRBlCq4Q0LqkPN%2Fs%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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