Academic Settings / Marking Settings / General Settings / Assessments & Assignments / Assessment Marking Configuration / Default publish state for marked assessments
This setting controls whether the Publish Marks checkbox will be preselected or not.
Can be found in the Admin’s and the Teacher’s portal in Assessments & Assignments / Marking – Academic Tasks/Assessments / Assessment Marks
Setting ->Active
Publish Marks checkbox is preselected 
Setting -> Inactive
