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Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER): Creative Commons Attribution

Guide to identifying open textbooks and open educational resources.

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
CC HowTo #1: How to Attribute a Creative Commons licensed work
A blog post by Molly Kleinman with examples of how to attribute CC-licensed works and derivatives

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.

How to attribute CC licensed photos

Creative Commons attribution
A plain text version of the infographic below, describing how to provide proper attribution of Creative Commons images

Selection from "Creative Commons Free Photos for Bloggers: The Ultimate Guide" by foter.com, used under CC BY-SA 3.0.