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

Bitly is a handy URL shortener that Ive used for several years. As a registered user I can develop custom-made, shortened URLs that people can really spell. I utilize these whenever I require to share a link to a Canva or Google Slides discussion due to the fact that the default URLs offered by those services are constantly long and incoherent..

There is a simple 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 include the “+” the URL will redirect to Bitly rather of to whatever the original URL was.
You can try 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 used in my recent 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..
See this brief video to see how you can utilize the “+” trick to discover out whats concealed behind a Bitly link..

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

Applications for Education.
Building good digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities is something that all of us ought to be assisting our students do. Showing them little pointers like this one to prevent clicking on suspicious links is among the manner ins which we can assist our trainees develop their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.

Bitly is a convenient URL shortener that Ive used for many years. There is a simple way to rapidly identify whats behind a Bitly URL without actually clicking on the link. The technique is to simply include a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you add the “+” the URL will redirect to Bitly instead of to whatever the original URL was.

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