Bitly is a convenient URL shortener that Ive used for several years. As a registered user I can produce custom-made, shortened URLs that individuals can in fact spell. I use these whenever I need to share a link to a Canva or Google Slides discussion due to the fact that the default URLs offered by those services are incoherent and always long..

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

Regrettably, not all Bitly users are utilizing them for good reasons. Some people utilize them to conceal wicked links. There is an easy method to rapidly determine 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 redirect to Bitly instead of to whatever the original URL was. That will then show you the Bitly page on which the shortened URL is hosted and will reveal you what the original link 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 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 discussion URL and see when I developed the shortened URL..
Watch this brief video to see how you can utilize the “+” trick to discover out whats hidden behind a Bitly link..

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

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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.

Bitly is a helpful URL shortener that Ive utilized for numerous years. There is an easy way to rapidly identify whats behind a Bitly URL without really clicking on the link. The trick is to simply include 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.

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 initial link without clicking on it.