For more information on attribution, see these guides by Creative Commons:
This page is borrowed from Attributing Creative Commons Licenses by Canvas in Canvas Free for Teacher offered under a CC BY 4.0 license. For the full Canvas course on OER, see Introduction to Open Educational Resources.
Materials on this page were adapted from:
4.1 Choosing and Applying a CC License, Creative Commons Certificate for Librarians , Creative Commons , offered under a CC Attribution .
"Creative Commons 10th Birthday Celebration San Francisco" by tvol is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Best practices for attribution, by CC Wiki licensed to the public under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
“Open Attribution Builder” by Open Washington, SBCTC licensed under CC BY 4.0
Open Attribute is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
How to attribute a Creative Commons licensed work?, by CCCOER, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .
The six basic Creative Commons licenses require attribution. Public domain material doesn't legally require attribution. Attribution is a best practice in an educational setting - it helps you and students to understand the importance of identifying sources.
So how do you attribute?
Here is a picture that has been properly attributed with TASL:
"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.)
(Links to an external site.)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