Bitly is an useful URL shortener that Ive utilized for lots of years. As a registered user I can develop customized, shortened URLs that individuals can actually spell. I use these whenever I require to share a link to a Canva or Google Slides presentation since the default URLs supplied by those services are constantly long and incoherent..

Bitly is a helpful URL shortener that Ive utilized for lots of years. There is an easy method to rapidly identify whats behind a Bitly URL without in fact clicking on the link. The trick is to just include a “+” to the end of any Bitly URL. When you add the “+” the URL will reroute to Bitly rather of to whatever the original URL was.

Applications for Education.
Structure excellent digital citizenship and cyber security skills is something that everyone ought to be assisting our students do. Revealing them little tips like this one to prevent clicking suspicious links is among the ways that we can help our students construct their digital citizenship and cyber safety abilities.

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

There is an easy method to quickly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without actually clicking on the link. The technique is to merely include 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 try this trick with a URL that I just recently reduced. Bit.ly/ THWTAPRIL will lead you directly to a copy of the slides that I used 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..
Enjoy this short video to see how you can utilize the “+” technique to discover out whats concealed behind a Bitly link..

If you want 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 it.

As I do every year, Im taking today 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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