Index: lams_learning/web/includes/javascript/kumalive.js
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diff -u -r3cccb9ba98efd5722b7365ffec582e2889143166 -r97755cd4cab4cb0aadd05603731b76238f22a9e7
--- lams_learning/web/includes/javascript/kumalive.js	(.../kumalive.js)	(revision 3cccb9ba98efd5722b7365ffec582e2889143166)
+++ lams_learning/web/includes/javascript/kumalive.js	(.../kumalive.js)	(revision 97755cd4cab4cb0aadd05603731b76238f22a9e7)
@@ -107,11 +107,14 @@
 							label = $('<label />').appendTo(checkbox);
 						$('<span />').text(this).appendTo(label);
 						$('<input />').attr('type', 'checkbox')
+									  .prop('checked', true)
 									  .prependTo(label);
 					}
 				});
 			}
-			if (rubricsDiv.is(':empty')){
+			// do not show the box at all if there are no rubrics
+			// (exactly: there is the single default blank one)
+			if ($('.checkbox', rubricsDiv).length == 0){
 				rubricsDiv.remove();
 			}