Create End of Page Attribution Statements

Why do we need to create End of Page Attribution Statements?

  • It’s a requirement (Creative Commons licensing)
  • Give appropriate credit to content creators/adapters
  • Future adapters can use to track back to original content
  • 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

Steps, timestamp in video explanation, Pressbooks editor required and related code snippet/sample
Step
 Description Time stamp
 Editor Code snippet/Sample text
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
Except where otherwise noted, this chapter is adapted from “8.1 Apply Prewriting Models” In Writing for Success by University of Minnesota licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. / Adaptations: Additional accessibility features have been added to original content.
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)
This page, “Atomic Mass” by Jackie MacDonald is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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.

Table source: “Atomic Mass Calculation Table” by Jackie MacDonald is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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

  1. Atoms are composed of subatomic particles; they are not indivisible
  2. Not all the atoms of a specific element have the exact same mass; an element can exist in different forms, called isotopes
  3. 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

a tv dinner tray with foods separated into compartments, demonstrating that we can use different CC licenses together if the parts are distinct and marked clearly
“CC TV Dinner” by Nate Angell. CC BY. Derivative of “tv dinner 1″ by adrigu, used under CC BY, and various CC license buttons by Creative Commons used under CC BY.

If you are combining two or more sections or pages from different OER sources, care must be taken to either

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 versus Post-Secondary Assignments

 

High School vs. Post secondary Assignments (Plain text version)

Determine whether each statement reflects high school or post-secondary environments.

  1. Reading assignments are moderately long. Teachers may set aside some class time for reading and reviewing the material in depth.
  2. Reviewing for exams is primarily your responsibility.
  3. Your grade is determined by your performance on a wide variety of assessments, including minor and major assignments. Not all assessments are writing based.
  4. Writing assignments include personal writing and creative writing in addition to expository writing.
  5. Depending on the course, you may be asked to master new forms of writing and follow standards within a particular professional field.
  6. 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

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

  1. 1. High school, 2. Post secondary, 3. High school, 4. High school, 5. Post secondary, 6. High school ↵

License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

GC Library OER Design Studio - Training - Work-in-Progress Copyright © by Jen Booth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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