17.7 Attributing/Citing OER

Open Attribution Builder

You may choose to use the Open Attribution Builder, Links to an external site.created by OPEN Washington Links to an external site., an Open Educational Resources (OER) network.

 How do I provide attribution for content I've adapted or using?

Providing attribution is a requirement of the licensing when using materials openly licensed with Creative Commons licenses.

To provide proper attribution include:

  1. Title - the title is required of all licenses 3.0 and prior. While the title in optional for 4.0, it is still good practice to include the title when possible.
  2. Author/Creator - give credit to the creator/author. If the creator wants to give credit to another entity, do as requested. The creator can also request his/her name be removed from a derivative.
  3. Source - provide the URL link to the source.
  4. License - provide the specific license and a link to the license deed. For printed material, spell the url address out so it can be located. If the original material comes with any copyright notice Links to an external site., include it in your attribution. If you modify Links to an external site. the content or create a derivative Links to an external site., indicate this. If multiple sources Links to an external site. are used, clearly indicate the sources and provide attribution for each. Review: Best practices for attribution Links to an external site..

  Ideal Example Attribution

"Creative Commons 10th Birthday Celebration San Francisco Links to an external site." by tvol Links to an external site. is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Links to an external site.

Because...

Title? "Creative Commons 10th Birthday Celebration San Francisco"

Author? "tvol Links to an external site." - linked to his profile page

Source? "Creative Commons 10th Birthday Celebration San Francisco Links to an external site." - linked to original Flickr page

License? "CC BY 2.0 Links to an external site." - linked to license deed

 

  Example attribution variations 

There is flexibility in how to present the attribution as long as the required information is included.

Magnolia Warbler  Links to an external site.by Stan Lupo licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Links to an external site.

Magnolia Warbler  Links to an external site.at https://www.flickr.com/photos/stanlupophotography/47112270774 Links to an external site. by Stan Lupo is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic Links to an external site.  at  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0 Links to an external site.

Magnolia Warbler  Links to an external site.by Stan Lupo   Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic License Links to an external site..

Magnolia Warbler  Links to an external site.by Stan Lupo is licensed under  Creative Commons License

Attribution/Works Cited