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@jspielberger 
As you've noted, Free For Teachers accounts do not have admin capabilities. If your organization would be interested in purchasing a fully-featured Canvas instance that incorporates admin functionality, please click on the Request Info link you'll find on this page: https://www.instructure.com/#launch-request-info
Alternatively, your organization can create a self-hosted instance using Canvas open source for testing purposes. These sites will get you started:
@jspielberger
As you've noted, Free For Teachers accounts do not have admin capabilities. If your organization would be interested in purchasing a fully-featured Canvas instance that incorporates admin functionality, please click on the Request Info link you'll find on this page: https://www.instructure.com/#launch-request-info
Alternatively, your organization can create a self-hosted instance using Canvas open source for testing purposes. These sites will get you started:
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