Create End of Page Attribution Statements
Why do we need to create End of Page Attribution Statements?
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It’s a requirement (Creative Commons licensing)
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Give appropriate credit to content creators/adapters
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Future adapters can use to track back to original content
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Future adapters can reuse one page/section from our book, without having to search for the relevant attribution information
Video Demonstration
Watch End of Page Attribution: Pressbooks on Screencast-o-matic (8 mins)
Video source: “End of Page Attribution: Pressbooks” by Jen Booth is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0., except where otherwise noted.
Process to Create End-of-Page Attribution Statements
Step |
Description | Time stamp |
Editor | Code snippet/Sample text |
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1 | Load the original page source/website in your browser | 3:10 | Browser | |
2 | Review page and note authors, page/section title, book title, existing references/attribution information, and Creative Commons license for page and/or overall book | 3:20 | Browser | |
3 | Create a basic attribution statement, copying in the information needed from source | 4:22 | Visual | See sample end-of-page attribution statements below |
4 | Add relevant links to source page, source book, and CC license | 4:40 | Visual | |
5 | Create an H3 heading “Attributions” (or “Attributions & References” as needed at bottom of page | 5:50 | Visual | |
6 | Indent and label any existing attributions/references | (not shown) | Visual | Attributions from original source References from original source |
7 | Save & preview in your browser | Browser |
Sample attribution statements
Below, you’ll find examples of attribution statements that you can copy/paste and update for your purposes. Note that when combining sources from different sources, we need to consider if our work will be a “TV Dinner Remix“, and attribute accordingly.
Creative Commons License versions
When creating your attribution statements, note the version of the license listed on the original source you’re working with and make sure to reuse that.
- Older images and content may be licensed CC BY 3.0, CC BY 2.0, etc
- Maintain the version of the original source, as there are slight differences in the licenses.
- Reuse the license link from that original source. If it’s missing, you can use the link above or do a quick web search to locate it, just include the license version, for example: CC BY 2.0
- Media Library won’t let you change the version of the license to apply to a particular image, so make sure to at least indicate clearly in the image Caption
Standard End of Page Attribution Statement
A Combination of Pages/Sections from the same source
If you’re combining content from more than one page/section in an original source, try to provide a link back to each section, but also include a note about the adaptations you made.
Except where otherwise noted, this section is adapted from “2.5 The periodic Table” and “Chapter 18 – Representative Metals, Metalloids, and Nonmetals” In Chemistry 2e (OpenStax) by Paul Flowers, Klaus Theopold, Richard Langley, & William R. Robinson, licensed under CC BY 4.0. / Adaptations include combining section 2.5 with selected content from chapter 18.
Access for free at https://openstax.org/books/chemistry-2e/pages/1-introduction
A page you’ve created/written (original)
Content you’ve created (original) & added into someone else’s page
Place the source directly under content you’ve added into the page. You may also add a textbox (around both the content and the source/attribution statement) or use another indicator to make the content stand out.
Page/Section from an OpenStax title
OpenStax requires the “Access for free…” statement on every page. This is not fully accessible – more work to be done here, stay tuned…
Except where otherwise noted, this page is adapted from “Introduction” In Chemistry 2e (Open Stax) by Paul Flowers, Klaus Theopold, Richard Langley & William R. Robinson is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Access for free at https://openstax.org/books/chemistry-2e/pages/1-introduction
Quote, paraphrase, summarize & cite in an OER
Yes, you can quote, paraphrase or summarize and quote commercial/copyrighted sources in your OER, just like you would in standard academic work. The example below uses a textbox to clearly highlight the content that is summarized/paraphrased from the source “Hein & Arena”, and separates that content from the original page. The correlating reference entry is added to the bottom of the page. The “Except where otherwise noted” statement in the attribution for the page helps future adopters/adapters to understand what content comes from Chemistry 2e and other sources.
Dalton’s atomic theory laid the foundation in the development of chemistry. Most of his postulates remain valid; however, some of his conclusions have been revolutionized because further investigations have shown that
- Atoms are composed of subatomic particles; they are not indivisible
- Not all the atoms of a specific element have the exact same mass; an element can exist in different forms, called isotopes
- Atoms, under special conditions, can be decomposed.
Source: (Hein & Arena, 2014, p. 83)
….. skip to bottom of page …
References
Hein, M., & Arena, S. (2014). Foundations of College Chemistry (14th edition). Wiley & Sons.
Attribution
Except where otherwise noted, this page is adapted from “Early ideas in atomic theory” In Chemistry 2e (Open Stax) by Paul Flowers, Klaus Theopold, Richard Langley & William R. Robinson is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
TV Dinner Remixes: A Combination of Pages/Content from Different Sources
If you are combining two or more sections or pages from different OER sources, care must be taken to either
- clearly mark/identify what content comes from which source (TV Dinner approach) OR
- ensure that the CC licenses on all sources are compatible *before* you mix them together (Smoothie approach).
For pages that will have distinct sections (TV Dinner approach), mark the specific sections with their license and use an indicator such as wrapping the content, activity or video (etc) in a textbox with the related source at the bottom of the box. Most of our work will fall under this category. Please check with your OER team if you feel you’re creating a smoothie remix.
Mixing two OER sources – Distinct Sections
Attempt to determine which source provides the majority of the content on the page. List that source as the End-of-Page Attribution. Identify particular sections with a textbox or other indicator, and include the source of the inserted content immediately below. For example, the following H5P activity & text version originate from the OER “Chapter 1. Post-secondary Reading & Writing” In Writing for Success – 1st Canadian H5P Edition , but are inserted into the new OER page: “2.1 – Reading for College” In Communication Essentials for College.
High School vs. Post secondary Assignments (Plain text version)
Determine whether each statement reflects high school or post-secondary environments.
- Reading assignments are moderately long. Teachers may set aside some class time for reading and reviewing the material in depth.
- Reviewing for exams is primarily your responsibility.
- Your grade is determined by your performance on a wide variety of assessments, including minor and major assignments. Not all assessments are writing based.
- Writing assignments include personal writing and creative writing in addition to expository writing.
- Depending on the course, you may be asked to master new forms of writing and follow standards within a particular professional field.
- Teachers often go out of their way to identify and try to help students who are performing poorly on exams, missing classes, not turning in assignments, or just struggling with the course. Often teachers will give students many “second chances.”
Check your answers [1]
Activity source: “Table 1.1 Replacement” by Brenna Clarke Gray based on the content from “Chapter 1. Post-secondary Reading & Writing” In Writing for Success – 1st Canadian H5P Edition by Tara Harkoff & [author removed], licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. / Table content adapted into an activity.
Resources
- List of links to Creative Commons 4.0 licenses/links
- CC License Compatibility Chart
- CC License Compatibility (versioning)
- Remixing CC-licensed works
Attribution & References
Except where otherwise noted, “Create End of Page Attribution Statements” by Jen Booth is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
References
Angell, N. (2018, January 18). Open Licensing Over TV Dinners and Smoothies [Blog post]. https://xolotl.org/open-licensing-over-tv-dinners-and-smoothies/
Media Attributions
- TV Dinner OER Remixing © adrigu adapted by Nate Angel is licensed under a CC BY (Attribution) license
- 1. High school, 2. Post secondary, 3. High school, 4. High school, 5. Post secondary, 6. High school ↵