Hi Neil,
Welcome to the community!
It looks like you are using Canvas Free for Teacher. If that is the case, the join code you have is probably intended to allow people to join the course as a student. If you need access as an instructor, someone with instructor level rights or above in the course will need to send you a course invitation via email, initiated from the People area of the course. Does that make sense?
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