Heres a video overview of how to see whats behind a TinyURL without in fact clicking the link.

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There is a simple method to rapidly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without actually clicking on the link. The technique is to simply add a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you include the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly instead of to whatever the initial URL was.
You can attempt this trick with a URL that I just recently shortened. Bit.ly/ THWTAPRIL will lead you directly to a copy of the slides that I utilized in my current Intro to Teaching History With Technology webinar. Bit.ly/ THWTAPRIL+ will lead you to the Bitly page where you can see my initial discussion URL and see when I produced the shortened URL..
Watch this short video to see how you can utilize the “+” technique to learn whats hidden behind a Bitly link..

Bitly is a convenient URL shortener that Ive utilized for numerous years. As a registered user I can produce custom, shortened URLs that individuals can actually spell. I use these whenever I require to share a link to a Canva or Google Slides presentation due to the fact that the default URLs offered by those services are incoherent and always long..

Bitly is an useful URL shortener that Ive used for many years. There is a simple method to quickly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without in fact clicking on the link. The trick is to merely include a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you include the “+” the URL will redirect to Bitly instead of to whatever the original URL was.

If you wish to attempt this with a TinyURL, tinyurl.com/emkns9a8 will lead you to the page for the Practical Ed Tech Virtual Summer Camp, however adding a “+” at the end of that TinyURL will take you to the page where you can see the initial link without clicking on it.

Applications for Education.
Building great digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities is something that all of us ought to be helping our trainees do. Showing them little suggestions like this one to prevent clicking suspicious links is one of the ways that we can assist our students develop their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.

As I do every year, Im taking today as a break from publishing brand-new post and will be republishing some of the most popular posts of the year. Heres one from April.