Building on the work of others is awesome. And recognizing those you're building on is a great practice for encouraging sharing of more resources, even if it's not required. All Creative Commons licenses have an "attribution" requirement, which says that if you want to use a licensed work you must provide credit to the original creator. 

 

 

"Citation" and "Attribution" are often used as synonyms, but they mean two different things. Citation is a scholarly practice for tracking the ideological underpinnings of a work, usually referencing sources like published books, articles, government documents, and primary sources. Citation is a norm, not a legal requirement. Attribution is a legal condition of a license. Attribution is about crediting a copyright holder according to the terms of a copyright license, usually crediting artistic works like music, fiction, video, and photography.  

 

1) Read about how to properly attribute a CC-licensed work and the CC wiki article on marking licensed content for best practices on providing attribution.

 

2) Make a list of all the attributions and share it below in the discussion. If you edited or changed a resource, you need to make note of that in your attribution.

 

What challenges did you run into while providing attributions? How did you decide to format the attributions?