You can copy these settings to other courses you administer using the Copy Settings button. To see the article on how to create gradebook categories click here
Click Copy Settings in the upper right corner.
Choose to copy Categories (if you have decided to modify the grading scales or create a rubric you may copy those over as well). Grading Periods and Final Grade Settings cannot be copied.
Select the course(s) to which you'd like to copy the grade settings. You can only copy to courses for which you are a Course Admin.
Click Copy to complete.