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Introduction to Photography (MCOM 1713)

Intro to OER; Overview of how to research images that are open and free to use; Overview of how to cite photographs and videos
Share: Compose your results and share them to contribute to the conversations on the topic.

Attribution Best Practices

Attribution Examples

 

Here are four different, but equally correct, ways to attribute this photo to its creator:

Lighthouse photo

"Untitled" By Matt Morse (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Matt Morse's "Untitled." (Photo).  

 Untitled by Matt Morse.

"Untitled." By Matt Morse (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. Available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michigan_City_Lighthouse.jpg

 

When possible, provide a credit list of material you used that adheres to best practices. Doing so allows not only your material, but the materials you attribute, to be found by search engines and other web discovery tools. Make the Author, Source, and License into links the user can follow.

 

You can also mention the source in the credits within the media itself. Crediting videos can be a simple list of the materials used with their associated licenses in a screen at the end of a video. For audio, it can be a verbal recitation of credits at the end of the recording.

AP Stylebook