Beav.es

Beav.es

Beav.es is the official link shortener for Oregon State

Log into beav.es

   

Features

  • Create your own custom short URL
  • Create a randomly generated URL
  • Update existing URLs to get people connected to the latest information

   

Who can use beav.es?

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Administrators

   

Request access and requirements

  • Requires an ONID to access
  • Anyone with an ONID can log in and create their own short URLs

   

Charges, Options and Fees

Using beav.es is free of charge.  

FAQs

Yes, you can! When you log into the platform, you can now type in your own custom URL. A request that needs to be approved is no longer necessary.

Digital Experience will be regularly monitoring recently created beav.es links to ensure safety and quality. OSU reserves the right to contact owners of custom URLs should there be an institutional-level need for a given short URL.

You can update your URLs by logging into beav.es and a list of your shortened URLs appear on the right.

There is an Edit link to the right of each URL that you can use to update the link.

A few things of note when you update the URL:

  1. The use count will be reset (and can't be recovered)
  2. The previous URL will be erased from the system permanently. Logs aren't kept of what a beav.es link used to point to
  3. it can take a few minutes for it to update

If you can't find the link that you are hoping to update, it is owned by someone else. Submit a ticket for DX staff to get assistance.