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description: A student's competencies are crucial for guiding their development. Students can track this progress in the portal throughout their academic journey, including competencies acquired through coursework, cocurricular and extracurricular activities, and off-campus experiences like internships and community service.
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# Create Competencies

A student's competencies are crucial for guiding their development. Students can track this progress in the portal throughout their academic journey, including competencies acquired through coursework, cocurricular and extracurricular activities, and off-campus experiences like internships and community service.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small " summary="Required Editions"><caption>Required Editions</caption> <colgroup><col style="width:100%"></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions with Education Cloud</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d25340e76 ">To create competencies:</td>

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Before you begin:

- [Set Up Your Org for Career Planning and Life Goals](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_set_up_org_for_career_planning_and_life_goals.htm&language=en_US)
- Define values for the Category picklist in the Competency object using the Object Manager. By default, these picklists have no values.

1. From the App Launcher, find and select **Competencies**.
2. Click **New**.
3. Enter a name.
4. Select the category of the competency.
5. Enter a description.
6. Save your changes.