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Hi @MiriamPeterson,
As far as I know, you'd need to have a paid/hosted instance of Canvas to be able to set your own Institution Name and other related administrative type things. TheFree for teacher instance lets you create courses and enroll users, but aside from that basic functionality, there aren't a ton of other things you can do.
Sorry if this isn't the answer you wanted, but I hope it helps!
-Chris
Thanks!
Thank you so much for this excellent support idea, I really need a partner to support my school.
I am working as a school principal in an organization and I'd like to build communication with all the education partners worldwide.
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