Hi Robert,
It sounds like you're a site administrator and have created a course but it doesn't appear on your My courses page because you're not enrolled in it.
You can find a link to it on the courses page - in the address bar of your browser enter yourmoodlesite.com/course
You can then enrol yourself in it as a teacher, and also enrol your students. Hopefully this video explains things:
For more information, please see the documentation Admin quick guide. You may also want to check out the free online courses available on Moodle Academy.