Bitly is a convenient URL shortener that Ive utilized for several years. As a signed up user I can produce custom, shortened URLs that people can really spell. I utilize 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..

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, but adding a “+” at the end of that TinyURL will take you to the page where you can see the original link without clicking it.

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Structure good digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities is something that all of us should be helping our trainees do. Revealing them little ideas like this one to avoid clicking on suspicious links is among the methods that we can assist our trainees construct their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.

Bitly is a convenient URL shortener that Ive utilized for many years. There is a simple way to rapidly identify whats behind a Bitly URL without in fact 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 rather of to whatever the initial URL was.

There is an easy method to rapidly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without in fact clicking on the link. The trick is to merely add a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you include the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly rather of to whatever the initial URL was.
You can attempt this technique with a URL that I recently shortened. 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 original presentation URL and see when I developed the reduced URL..
See this short video to see how you can utilize the “+” trick to discover whats concealed behind a Bitly link..

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

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