Faculty/staff guide to Open Educational Resources (OER): OER attributions
On this OER attributions page, explore: What an "attribution" is; the basic TAL formula for attribution statements; and online tools to help you create attributions, like the Open Attribution Builder tool.
What are attributions, and how do you create them?
What are attributions?
What are attributions?Citing openly licensed materials, whether they're images or videos or textbooks, is often referred to as "attribution" in the OER world. To "attribute" something, you are giving credit. It's the same idea as "citing" -- just a different term for it.
Always give credit to OER you use/create by adding attribution statements.
The simplest formula for creating attribution statements is TAL: Title, Author, License.
Here's a sample attribution statement:
"Difference between open license, public domain and all rights reserved copyright" by Boyoung Chae is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Here are the parts of that sample attribution statement:
- Title: "Difference between open license, public domain and all rights reserved copyright"
- Author: Boyoung Chae
- License: CC BY 4.0
How to create attributions:
This video answers the questions:
- How do I properly attribute openly licensed materials created by others?
- How do I properly attribute myself for creating/revising this course?
- How do I openly license the entire Canvas course?
Technical notes:
- This video uses captions.
- Click the ^ arrow at the bottom of the video to use the table of contents.
Additional videos for how to create attributions in Canvas:
Below are additional, short how-to videos for TCC faculty (part of our "Faculty How Do I?" video tutorial series), with practical examples for how to create attributions in Canvas.
- Cite and attribute OER textbooks and course materialsLearn to cite openly licensed textbooks in a traditional citation style, like APA, and also attribute those sources in Canvas using the Open Attribution Builder.
- Attribute Images in CanvasLearn how to easily and consistently provide attributions for the images you use in Canvas.
- Attribute Videos in CanvasLearn how to easily and consistently provide attributions for the videos you use in Canvas.
- More "Faculty How Do I ?" videosShort videos for faculty on topics such as embedding Films on Demand into Canvas, linking to library database articles, and understanding fair use. Created by TCC Library.
Below are additional links to how to easily create OER attributions with an Open Attribution Builder tool (seen above), as well as best practices for attributions.
- Open Attribution BuilderUser-friendly form from Open Washington to help you build consistent and concise attributions for citing open material you find and use, or to attribute yourself when you create something and want to share. This builder is also embedded into Canvas! Includes both CC licenses and public domain designations.
- Best practices for attributionMore examples for attribution, especially for works you modified or created derivative works from. From Creative Commons wiki.
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