Open Washington Open Educational Resource Network has built a FREE to use attribution builder.
This Attribution Builder is a web tool to assist users of CC material to properly attribute. It allows you to enter the Title, URL for work, Author and website, Organization, and CC license type and will provide attribution information which can be copied and pasted into your own work containing the CC material. Here is an example of using the tool to provide its own attribution.
Your attributions could look this good!
“Open Attribution Builder” by Open Washington is licensed under CC BY 4.0
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A good rule of thumb is to recall the acronym TAL, which stands for Title, Author, and License.
Fortunately, there are tools that can help you build the attribution text so you can simply copy and paste the text from the tool into your materials. See this Attribution Builder
"Attributing OER" by The Open Education Consortium is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Here is a photo. Following is an example of how people might attribute it.
"A great day for geese" by Ann Fisher is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
The above attribution is an ideal attribution. It contains the:
Title: “A great day for geese”
Author: “Ann Fisher” – linked to her profile page
Image Source: “A great day for geese” – linked to original Flickr page
License: “CC BY 2.0” – linked to license deed
One particular question commonly asked is How do I properly attribute material offered under a Creative Commons license?
Information about using photos from Unsplash: License
It is real easy to give credit to the photographers on Unsplash. Look at the image below and how to give credit to a photograher at Unsplash. Even though credit isn't required, Unsplash photographers appreciate a credit as it provides exposure to their work and encourages them to continue sharing. A credit can be as simple as adding their name with a link to their profile or photo:
Photo by MaggieLovesOrbit On Insta on Unsplash
Such as cropping an image, changing the colors or replacing words, you will be creating a derivative work of the original. You should always attribute the original work in any derivative work and identify that changes have been made to it.
Often the simplest way to do this is to use the phrase “Adapted from …” or “This work is a derivative of…” and attribute the original work as you would normally. If your work incorporates a number of derivative works, you might say, “Adapted from the following sources…” and list each original work sequentially.
Note: Keep in mind that materials that have the Non-Derivatives license term (CC-BY-ND, CC-BY-NC-ND) are only allowed to be copied or redistributed as-is but NOT remixed.