Attributions
When writing an OER, most authors rely on openly available content as a starting point. It is essential when building your OER that you keep track of all the resources used (those that are copyrighted and those that are open).
Using the Project Development Plan can be helpful, or you can keep a list in Word or Google, or list the resources on each page in Pressbooks.
Standard Attribution Format
“Title”[in Source] [by Creator] [© CopyrightHolder], is used under [the] Licence/Right.
The attributions should be as close to the content used as possible; therefore, the preference is to attribute on each page/section.
Record the changes made to the adapted content. In Canadian English, the words license and licence are both used: license (verb) and licence (noun).
AttributionBuilder
AttributionBuilder composes a standard attribution string for an online OER (Open Education Resource) and is primarily geared toward those resources available on the Pressbooks platform or through OpenStax. A downloadable standalone version and an online version are available. AttributionBuilder will provide the code that will display like this:
“Open Initiative at Fanshawe College” from The Journey to Open by Fanshawe College is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
