AI Literacy Map
The five BE behaviors: where they're taught, practiced, and labeled.
How FYE 100 builds AI literacy: five observable behaviors, taught in the lessons, practiced in AI Chats, and labeled on every assignment.
The course uses the BE framework, a student-facing, behavioral translation of the Digital Education Council (DEC) AI Literacy Framework used at the KCTCS system level. FYE 100 covers Tier 1 (Benchmark), which maps to DEC Level 1. The framing question across the course: How do students make intentional decisions about using AI while maintaining ownership of their learning?
No Mile Marker requires AI. The AI Chats are the course's graded AI practice, done in Blackboard's AI Conversation tool. Every behavior is framed around judgment, including the decision not to use AI.
The five BE behaviors
All five are introduced in Lesson 1.3 and Lesson 1.4. Be Safe and Be Honest are baseline expectations from Module 1 on. Be Critical, Be Responsible, and Be Reflective recur as course anchors.
| Behavior | What it means at Tier 1 | DEC dimension: Level 1 |
|---|---|---|
| BE Safe | Recognize AI-generated content and understand basic risks of sharing personal or sensitive information with AI tools. | Understanding AI and Data: AI and Data Awareness |
| BE Honest | Disclose AI use when required; understand the difference between AI assistance and your own work. | Ethical and Responsible Use: Understand Risks |
| BE Critical | Evaluate AI output: verify information, identify bias, and assess accuracy before using it. | Critical Thinking and Judgement: Question AI Output |
| BE Responsible | Make intentional decisions about when and how to use AI to support your learning, not replace your thinking. | Ethical and Responsible Use: Understand Risks |
| BE Reflective | Notice how AI use affects your learning process and growth. | Human-Centricity, EI, and Creativity: Awareness of Human-AI Interaction |
DEC Dimension 5, Domain Expertise, is intentionally out of scope for FYE 100. It belongs to Tier 2 program courses.
Behaviors by module
Module focus Tagged on an I Can statement Primary anchor module
| Module | Safe | Honest | Critical | Responsible | Reflective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Your Pathfinder Journey Begins | Module focus, I Can statement | Module focus | — | — | — |
| 2Building Your Support System | — | Module focus, I Can statement | — | Module focus, I Can statement | — |
| 3My Time Plan | — | — | — | Module focus, I Can statement | — |
| 4Your Academic Toolkit | — | Module focus, I Can statement | Module focus, I Can statement, Anchor module | Module focus, I Can statement | — |
| 5Financial Planning with Purpose | Module focus, I Can statement | — | — | Module focus, I Can statement | — |
| 6Map Your Path | — | — | — | Module focus, I Can statement | Module focus, I Can statement |
| 7Knowing Your Strengths & Values | — | — | — | — | Module focus, I Can statement |
| 8Explore Your Career Options | — | — | Module focus, I Can statement | Module focus, I Can statement | — |
| 9Think It Through | — | — | Module focus, I Can statement, Anchor module | — | Module focus, I Can statement |
| 10Team Up | — | Module focus, I Can statement | — | Module focus | — |
| 11Making an Impact | — | — | — | Module focus, I Can statement | Module focus, I Can statement |
| 12Reflecting Back, Moving Forward | — | Module focus, I Can statement | — | — | Module focus, I Can statement, Anchor module |
I Can statements with an AI Literacy behavior
| # | I Can statement | Behavior | Where students show it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | I can explain what artificial intelligence is and identify where it already shows up in my daily life. | BE Safe | Mile Marker #1 |
| 2.4 | I can practice asking for help clearly and specifically in a realistic college scenario. | BE Honest BE Responsible | AI Chat: Who Has Your Back? |
| 3.1 | I can analyze how I currently spend my time and identify at least one pattern or time-waster. | BE Responsible | Mile Marker #3 |
| 4.2 | I can evaluate a source or AI-generated response using the SIFT method and explain whether I would use it and why. | BE Critical | AI Chat: Is This Legit? |
| 4.4 | I can recognize AI creep in my own work and describe honestly how I used AI. | BE Honest BE Responsible | Mile Marker #4 |
| 5.4 | I can use AI tools safely for budgeting exploration without sharing personal financial information. | BE Safe BE Responsible | Mile Marker #5 |
| 6.5 | I can use AI responsibly to explore academic pathways without sharing personal identifying information. | BE Responsible BE Reflective | Lesson practice and course activities |
| 7.4 | I can recognize one blind spot that comes with my strengths and describe what to watch for. | BE Reflective | Mile Marker #7 |
| 8.2 | I can evaluate a career for personal fit by connecting my research findings to my strengths, values, work style, and pressure tolerance. | BE Critical BE Responsible | Mile Marker #8 |
| 9.2 | I can apply the 4C Check (Clarity, Context, Credibility, Consequences) to evaluate a real situation or decision. | BE Critical | AI Chat: Think It Through |
| 9.4 | I can draft one practice STAR(T) response using a real experience and apply the 4C Check to strengthen it. | BE Reflective | Mile Marker #9 |
| 10.4 | I can articulate in one clear sentence what I need from teammates to do my best work. | BE Honest | Mile Marker #10 |
| 11.3 | I can connect my strengths and values to one intentional way I want to grow my community impact going forward. | BE Responsible BE Reflective | Mile Marker #11 |
| 12.1 | I can record four STAR(T) responses, one per selected Essential Skill, that are specific, honest, and clearly structured. | BE Honest BE Reflective | Your STAR(T) Stories (capstone) |
| 12.2 | I can articulate how each skill connects to my future in college, my career, and my life: the Transfer step. | BE Reflective | Your STAR(T) Stories (capstone) |
| 12.4 | I can reflect honestly on my growth this semester, what I am taking with me, and what I want to work on next. | BE Reflective | Mile Marker #12 |
AI Literacy boxes in the lessons
Lessons carry short AI Literacy boxes that apply the module's topic to AI, tagged with the behavior they build. This list updates as modules are added.
Blackboard AI Chats
Four modules include an AI Chat with Coach Pathfinder in Blackboard. The chats in Modules 2, 8, and 9 are Socratic: Coach Pathfinder asks questions instead of giving answers, so the thinking stays with the student. The Module 4 chat is a role-play: the student works through a scenario with Coach Pathfinder and does the evaluation themselves.
If a student has a concern about the AI Chats
Students are told to talk with their instructor if they have a concern about using the AI Chats, such as an accommodation, a privacy objection, or discomfort with AI. Each AI Chat has a backup journal in Blackboard for this. Keep the journal hidden, and release it only to that student with a release condition set to that member. Don't open it to the whole class. The journal replaces the AI practice the chat is built for, so it's an exception, not a second option.
| Module | Type | Topic | Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Socratic | Asking for help and finding campus support“Who Has Your Back?” | BE Honest BE Responsible |
| 4 | Role-play | SIFT: evaluating AI-generated information“Is This Legit?” | BE Critical |
| 8 | Socratic | Career fit exploration“What Future Do You Want Your Career to Make Possible?” | BE Critical BE Responsible |
| 9 | Socratic | The 4C Check applied to a real decision“Think It Through” | BE Critical |
AI use labels on assignments
Students learn three AI use labels in Lesson 1.4: No AI, AI-supported, and AI-integrated. Labels are set assignment by assignment, and every Mile Marker in the book carries one.
- Mile Marker #1: My Starting Point: AI-supported
- Mile Marker #2: My Support Team: AI-supported
- Mile Marker #3: Managing My Time & Energy: AI-supported
- Mile Marker #4: My Academic Toolkit: AI-supported
- Mile Marker #5: Understanding My Money: AI-supported
- Mile Marker #6: My Academic Plan: AI-supported
- Mile Marker #7: My Strengths Snapshot: AI-supported
- Mile Marker #8: My Career Snapshot: AI-supported
- Mile Marker #9: Think It Through: AI-supported
- Mile Marker #10: My Collaboration Profile: AI-supported
- Mile Marker #11: My Community Impact: AI-supported
- Mile Marker #12: My Story to Share: AI-supported
Students also have the AI Literacy page in OCTC Student Resources (opens in a new tab), linked from Lesson 1.4. It uses the same wording as this book, and its detail pages are linked from Lessons 1.4 and 4.3.