Heres a video introduction of how to see whats behind a TinyURL without actually clicking on the link.

There is an easy method to rapidly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without really clicking on the link. The technique is to just add a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you add the “+” the URL will redirect to Bitly rather of to whatever the original URL was.
You can attempt this trick with a URL that I just recently reduced. Bit.ly/ THWTAPRIL will lead you straight 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 developed the reduced URL..
Watch this brief video to see how you can use the “+” trick to discover whats hidden behind a Bitly link..

Bitly is a handy URL shortener that Ive utilized for lots of years. As a registered user I can develop custom-made, reduced URLs that people can actually spell. I utilize these whenever I require to share a link to a Canva or Google Slides discussion since the default URLs supplied by those services are incoherent and always long..

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

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Applications for Education.
Structure excellent digital citizenship and cyber safety skills is something that everybody must be helping our trainees do. Revealing them little tips like this one to avoid clicking on suspicious links is among the manner ins which we can assist our students develop their digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities.

Bitly is an useful URL shortener that Ive used for numerous years. There is an easy method to quickly identify whats behind a Bitly URL without actually clicking on the link. The technique is to merely add a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you add the “+” the URL will redirect to Bitly rather of to whatever the initial URL was.

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