Attribution
Overview
This text provides links to up-to-date resources on how to properly attribute OER within your own creations, as well as how to create your own attribution to include in your materials as a helpful guide to others.
Attribution
When using another’s work in a customization (remix) or even in an original resource, you will want to give credit where credit is due. But how do you do that?
As usual, it depends. So instead of providing you with one strategy or format, the following are links to websites that provide examples for different types of materials (images, videos, lessons, etc.)
- Guidelines and examples of good and bad attribution formats:
- Best practices for Attribution (from Creative Commons)
- A nice summary of the various ways to attribute, illustrated in a handy printable:
- PDF:Attributing Creative Commons Materials (from the Australian Research Council)
Creating a Helpful Attribution for Others when They Use YOUR Material
When you are creating your own resources, you could add in some text that would others to quickly and easily attribute you when they use your resource. Washington State has put together and online Attribution Builder so you can create one for your creations: OPEN Attribution Builder