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Bitly is a handy URL shortener that Ive used for several years. As a signed up user I can create customized, shortened URLs that people can in fact 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 supplied by those services are constantly long and incoherent..

Bitly is an useful URL shortener that Ive used for many years. There is a simple way to quickly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without really clicking on the link. When you add the “+” the URL will redirect to Bitly instead of to whatever the initial URL was.

There is an easy method to quickly determine whats behind a Bitly URL without actually clicking on the link. The trick 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 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 discussion URL and see when I developed the shortened URL..
View this short video to see how you can utilize the “+” trick to discover whats hidden behind a Bitly link..

Applications for Education.
Structure great digital citizenship and cyber safety skills is something that all of us must be helping our trainees do. Revealing them little suggestions like this one to prevent clicking on suspicious links is one of the manner ins which we can help our students construct their digital citizenship and cyber security skills.