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Open Educational Resources (OER) - Resource Guide: Attribution

Open Educational Resources are free for people to use and repurpose.

Attribution Examples

When Using the Original Work:

"Creative Commons 10th Birthday Celebration San Francisco" by tvol is licensed under CC BY 2.0

When Using a Slightly Modified Version of the Original Work:

"Creative Commons 10th Birthday Celebration San Francisco" by tvol, used under CC BY / Desaturated from original

When Using a Derivative of the Original Work:

This work, "90fied", is a derivative of "Creative Commons 10th Birthday Celebration San Francisco" by tvol, used under CC BY. "90fied" is licensed under CC BY by [Your name here].

Examples of ideal attribution from "Best Practices for Attribution" by the Creative Commons Wiki, used under CC BY 4.0.

Resources

Best practices for Creative Commons attribution
The Creative Commons' best practices for attributing CC-licensed materials

Attributing Creative Commons Materials
A guide to Attributing Creative Commons Materials by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation and Creative Commons Australia, licensed under CC BY 2.5 Australia.

Creating OER and Combining Licenses

Types of Licenses

The licenses below and their descriptions come from the About the Licenses page of Creative Commons.