There are two different ways to export questions from Cirrus:
Below both methods are described
Via Excel
It is possible to export questions from Cirrus to an Excel file. This is possible for the following question types:
- Multiple choice questions
- Multiple response questions
- Either/or questions
- Order questions
- Short answer questions
- Essay questions
Feedback and the marking scheme will not be exported. Media files will be exported and will be transferred to a separate folder in the zip file. Note that the media files are not too big (< 10 MB) and that there are not too many media files.
- Use the navigation bar on the left to navigate to Library.
- Click on the collection that contains the desired items. You will navigate to the Items tab of the collection.

- Select the items you wish to export.
- Click on the drop-down menu Bulk actions.
- Click Export.
- Click on Excel. You will see a notification saying the download has started. The download will appear at the bottom of the screen.
The maximum of items you can download at once is a hundred.
Via IMS QTI v 2.1
The following questions can be exported via IMS QTI:
- Multiple choice
- Multiple response
- Order
- Match
- Fill in the blank
- Select from a list
- Essay questions
- Either/or
- File response
- Use the navigation bar on the left to navigate to Library.
- Click on the collection that contains the desired items. You will navigate to the Items tab of the collection.

- Select the items you wish to export.
- Click on the drop-down menu Bulk actions.
- Click Export.
- Click on IMS QTI v 2.1. You will see a notification saying the download has started. The download will appear at the bottom of the screen.