How to create school account to test a Canvas LTI App integration before submitting for approval?

[dan_temple]

We are looking to add an integration with Canvas to our web-based app for K-12 schools.

All the technical details and documentation look fine, have been through all the documentation at https://www.eduappcenter.com/docs/basics/building_an_lti_app and related locations.

What we are missing is how to set up a sandbox school account in order to make a testbed with users, sections etc in order to validate our integration before going to the approval phase.

We have opened a Canvas account on canvas.instructure.com, but it is missing the *Admin" option in the menu which seems to be necessary to be able to issue Developer keys, etc.

What should we be doing next?

regards, Dan

[kai · Accepted solution]

You can set up your own instance of Canvas by following these (somewhat incomplete) instructions. You'll then have full admin access:

https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/wiki/Production-Start