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CheckBoxGroup BindTo() Method cannot convert List<object> to string[]

Update

This should be a UI for ASP.NET Core question, so I Reposted it here

Scenario:

I am trying to enable and disable CheckBoxGroup items,

and it dependes on whether if the categories of the item has values.

For example, If there are two categorie, which are animals and fruits.

If I recieved no datas of fruits, I'll disabled the CheckBoxGroup item "fruits".

What I've tried so far

I search through documents and found this tutorial of the BindTo() method,

However, I got an error message saying "Cannot convert from System.Collections.Generic.List<MyCheckBoxItemModel> to string []

Questions

1. According to the method, how can I convert List<model> to string[] in my .cshtml ?

2. (Extension Question) In the tutorial, I'm awared that in the "InputGroupItemModel" there was a "Enabled" attribute.

Is it mean that if passed it to the front end and attached it with the BindTo() method, the CheckBoxGroup will automatically enable or disable the checkbox item?

(I'll show my code below)

Code

CheckBoxItemDto.cs

 public class CheckBoxItemDto
    {
        //public IDictionary<string, object> HtmlAttributes { get; set; }

        //public string CssClass { get; set; }

        public bool? Enabled { get; set; }

        //public bool? Encoded { get; set; }

        public string Label { get; set; }

        public string Value { get; set; }
    }

CheckBoxItemViewModel.cs

public class CheckBoxItemViewModel
    {
        public List<CheckBoxItemDto> Items { get; set; }

        public string[] CheckBoxGroupValue { get; set; }
    }

MyViewModel.cs

public class EqInstsDataViewModel
    {
        public IEnumerable<MyOtherViewModel> MyOtherViewModel { get; set; }
        public CheckBoxItemViewModel CheckBoxItemViewModel { get; set; }
    }

Controller

 public IActionResult GetChartPartialView()
        {
            try
            { 
                List<CheckBoxItemDto> checkBoxItemDto = GetCheckBoxItem();  //Get CheckBox Items
                CheckBoxItemViewModel checkBoxItem = new CheckBoxItemViewModel() { Items = checkBoxItemDto };

                MyViewModel myViewModel = new MyViewModel() { Items = checkBoxItem }

                return PartialView("~/Views/Shared/_MyPartialView.cshtml", myViewModel);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                return Json(ex.Message);
            }
        }

public List<CheckBoxItem> GetCheckBoxItem()
        {            
            try
            {
                #region CheckBoxItems

                var itemsList = new List<CheckBoxItemDto>()
                {
                    new CheckBoxItemDto()
                    {
                        Label = "Animals",
                        Value = "1",
                        Enabled = true
                    },
                     new CheckBoxItemDto()
                    {
                        Label = "Friuts",
                        Value = "2",
                        Enabled = false
                    } ,
                };

                #endregion

                return itemList;
            }
            catch(Exception)
            {
                throw;
            }
        }

_MyPartialView.cshtml

@(Html.Kendo().CheckBoxGroup()     
        .Name("MyCheckBox")
        .BindTo(Model.CheckBoxItemViewModel.Items)  //Cannot convert from List<CheckBoxItemDto> to string[]
        .Value(Model.CheckBoxItemViewModel.CheckBoxGroupValue)
        .Layout("horizontal")
     )