TinyURL- Put that big URL on a quick slim diet!
Have you ever tried to get a group of students (or teachers, or maybe just your mother-in-law) to correctly enter a rather long URL without missing a single character? Or have you ever wanted to share a cool link on a social network like Twitter or Plurk but your link takes up your character quota? That’s where shortening really helps! No, not the Crisco kind…
Probably most of you reading this have already heard of TinyURL, but we are surprised as we give presentations at the number of educators who have never heard of or used a URL shortening service. TinyURL isn’t the only one (for a more comprehensive list, look at this article) but it’s one that is simple and not blocked by most web filters.
It’s simple- just paste in the real URL, then click the MakeTinyURL button. The newly generated URL will never expire! Here, try it below…
So just think…
- Shorter URLs for students to enter
- Hide the text of URLs when desired (until the user is re-directed)
- Can add a TinyURL button to your browser for quick creation of Tiny URLs
