Greetings, C!
You can create a template course, but you also might just set up a default arrangement for all new courses created. That way, you can just create courses rather than having to restore the template course. It is marginally easier, but if you have to do a lot of them, it makes a difference!
You don't say which version of Moodle you are using, but perhaps the "sticky blocks" would do the job.
For my instance (1.6.3+), I edited the moodle/config.php file something like this:
$CFG->defaultblocks_topics =
'course_menu,course_list:activity_modules,calendar_upcoming,quickmail';
$CFG->defaultblocks_weeks =
'course_menu,course_list:activity_modules,calendar_upcoming,quickmail';
Blocks listed prior to the : show up on the left side, after the : they appear on the right side. But remember that was for 1.6. I am not sure that the same code reference is in the same place for newer versions of moodle.
You might look around a bit!
atw
Courses and course formats
Copying Courses
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