diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/moderation.js b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/moderation.js
index 75ec5fc09..b7117181e 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/moderation.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/moderation.js
@@ -6,3 +6,15 @@ export const singleView = () => ({type: actions.SINGLE_VIEW});
 // Ban User Dialog
 export const showBanUserDialog = (user, commentId, showRejectedNote) => ({type: actions.SHOW_BANUSER_DIALOG, user, commentId, showRejectedNote});
 export const hideBanUserDialog = (showDialog) => ({type: actions.HIDE_BANUSER_DIALOG, showDialog});
+
+// hide shortcuts note
+export const hideShortcutsNote = () => {
+  try {
+    window.localStorage.setItem('coral:shortcutsNote', 'hide');
+  } catch (e) {
+
+    // above will fail in Safari private mode
+  }
+
+  return {type: actions.HIDE_SHORTCUTS_NOTE};
+};
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/ActionButton.js b/client/coral-admin/src/components/ActionButton.js
index 3bd96abad..9365a76b6 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/components/ActionButton.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/ActionButton.js
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, {PropTypes} from 'react';
 import styles from './ModerationList.css';
 import {Button} from 'coral-ui';
 import {menuActionsMap} from '../containers/ModerationQueue/helpers/moderationQueueActionsMap';
 
-const ActionButton = ({type = '', ...props}) => {
+const ActionButton = ({type = '', status, ...props}) => {
+  const typeName = type.toLowerCase();
+  const active = ((type === 'REJECT' && status === 'REJECTED') || (type === 'APPROVE' && status === 'APPROVED'));
+
   return (
     <Button
-      className={`${type.toLowerCase()} ${styles.actionButton}`}
-      cStyle={type.toLowerCase()}
+      className={`${typeName} ${styles.actionButton} ${active ? styles[`${typeName}__active`] : ''}`}
+      cStyle={typeName}
       icon={menuActionsMap[type].icon}
       onClick={type === 'APPROVE' ? props.acceptComment : props.rejectComment}
     >{menuActionsMap[type].text}</Button>
   );
 };
 
+ActionButton.propTypes = {
+  status: PropTypes.string
+};
+
 export default ActionButton;
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/ModerationKeysModal.css b/client/coral-admin/src/components/ModerationKeysModal.css
index a030b6efa..73697d930 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/components/ModerationKeysModal.css
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/ModerationKeysModal.css
@@ -18,3 +18,47 @@
   border-radius: 4px;
   border: 1px solid #999;
 }
+
+.callToAction {
+  position: fixed;
+  left: 10px;
+  bottom: 10px;
+  width: 280px;
+  height: 200px;
+  background: white;
+  padding: 15px;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  box-shadow: 0px 3px 5px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);
+
+  .ctaHeader {
+    font-size: 16px;
+    margin-bottom: 5px;
+  }
+
+  ul {
+    padding-left: 0;
+    list-style: none;
+    margin: 0 0 10px 0;
+  }
+
+  p, li {
+    font-size: 12px;
+    margin-bottom: 5px;
+  }
+
+  li span:first-child, p:last-child span:first-child {
+    display: inline-block;
+    width: 120px;
+  }
+}
+
+.closeButton {
+  float: right;
+  font-size: 20px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.smallKey {
+  padding: 5px;
+  border: 1px solid #ccc;
+}
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/ModerationKeysModal.js b/client/coral-admin/src/components/ModerationKeysModal.js
index 5a951e588..3d43c621d 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/components/ModerationKeysModal.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/ModerationKeysModal.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import I18n from 'coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n';
 import translations from '../translations.json';
-import React from 'react';
+import React, {PropTypes} from 'react';
 import Modal from 'components/Modal';
 import styles from './ModerationKeysModal.css';
 
+const lang = new I18n(translations);
+
 const shortcuts = [
   {
     title: 'modqueue.navigation',
@@ -23,29 +25,50 @@ const shortcuts = [
   }
 ];
 
-export default ({open, onClose}) => (
-  <Modal open={open} onClose={onClose}>
-    <h3>{lang.t('modqueue.shortcuts')}</h3>
-    <div className={styles.container}>
-      {shortcuts.map((shortcut, i) => (
-        <table className={styles.table} key={i}>
-          <thead>
-            <tr>
-              <th>{lang.t(shortcut.title)}</th>
-            </tr>
-          </thead>
-          <tbody>
-            {Object.keys(shortcut.shortcuts).map(key => (
-              <tr key={`${key  }tr`}>
-                <td className={styles.shortcut}><span className={styles.key}>{key}</span></td>
-                <td>{lang.t(shortcut.shortcuts[key])}</td>
-              </tr>
-            ))}
-          </tbody>
-        </table>
-      ))}
-    </div>
-  </Modal>
-);
+export default class ModerationKeysModal extends React.Component {
 
-const lang = new I18n(translations);
+  static propTypes = {
+    hideShortcutsNote: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    shortcutsNoteVisible: PropTypes.string.isRequired
+  }
+
+  render () {
+    const {open, onClose, hideShortcutsNote, shortcutsNoteVisible} = this.props;
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <div className={styles.callToAction} style={{display: shortcutsNoteVisible === 'show' ? 'block' : 'none'}}>
+          <div onClick={hideShortcutsNote} className={styles.closeButton}>×</div>
+          <p className={styles.ctaHeader}>{lang.t('modqueue.mod-faster')}</p>
+          <p><strong>{lang.t('modqueue.try-these')}:</strong></p>
+          <ul>
+            <li><span>{lang.t('modqueue.approve')}</span> <span className={styles.smallKey}>t</span></li>
+            <li><span>{lang.t('modqueue.reject')}</span> <span className={styles.smallKey}>r</span></li>
+          </ul>
+          <p><span>{lang.t('modqueue.view-more-shortcuts')}</span> <span className={styles.smallKey}>{lang.t('modqueue.shift-key')}</span> + <span className={styles.smallKey}>/</span></p>
+        </div>
+        <Modal open={open} onClose={onClose}>
+          <h3>{lang.t('modqueue.shortcuts')}</h3>
+          <div className={styles.container}>
+            {shortcuts.map((shortcut, i) => (
+              <table className={styles.table} key={i}>
+                <thead>
+                  <tr>
+                    <th>{lang.t(shortcut.title)}</th>
+                  </tr>
+                </thead>
+                <tbody>
+                  {Object.keys(shortcut.shortcuts).map(key => (
+                    <tr key={`${key  }tr`}>
+                      <td className={styles.shortcut}><span className={styles.key}>{key}</span></td>
+                      <td>{lang.t(shortcut.shortcuts[key])}</td>
+                    </tr>
+                  ))}
+                </tbody>
+              </table>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        </Modal>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/ModerationList.css b/client/coral-admin/src/components/ModerationList.css
index fc2ba9931..1e871f97c 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/components/ModerationList.css
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/ModerationList.css
@@ -188,3 +188,15 @@
   margin: 0;
   width: 140px;
 }
+
+.approve__active {
+  box-shadow: none;
+  color: white;
+  background-color: #519954;
+}
+
+.reject__active, .rejected__active {
+  color: white;
+  background-color: #D03235;
+  box-shadow: none;
+}
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/constants/moderation.js b/client/coral-admin/src/constants/moderation.js
index f50cbb439..14672146e 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/constants/moderation.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/constants/moderation.js
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ export const TOGGLE_MODAL = 'TOGGLE_MODAL';
 export const SINGLE_VIEW = 'SINGLE_VIEW';
 export const SHOW_BANUSER_DIALOG = 'SHOW_BANUSER_DIALOG';
 export const HIDE_BANUSER_DIALOG = 'HIDE_BANUSER_DIALOG';
+export const HIDE_SHORTCUTS_NOTE = 'HIDE_SHORTCUTS_NOTE';
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/ModerationContainer.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/ModerationContainer.js
index 43a9c513b..dffa4de26 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/ModerationContainer.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/ModerationContainer.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {banUser, setCommentStatus} from '../../graphql/mutations';
 
 import {fetchSettings} from 'actions/settings';
 import {updateAssets} from 'actions/assets';
-import {toggleModal, singleView, showBanUserDialog, hideBanUserDialog} from 'actions/moderation';
+import {toggleModal, singleView, showBanUserDialog, hideBanUserDialog, hideShortcutsNote} from 'actions/moderation';
 
 import {Spinner} from 'coral-ui';
 import BanUserDialog from '../../components/BanUserDialog';
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ class ModerationContainer extends Component {
           rejectComment={props.rejectComment}
         />
       <ModerationKeysModal
+          hideShortcutsNote={props.hideShortcutsNote}
+          shortcutsNoteVisible={moderation.shortcutsNoteVisible}
           open={moderation.modalOpen}
           onClose={onClose}/>
       </div>
@@ -208,6 +210,7 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
   fetchSettings: () => dispatch(fetchSettings()),
   showBanUserDialog: (user, commentId, showRejectedNote) => dispatch(showBanUserDialog(user, commentId, showRejectedNote)),
   hideBanUserDialog: () => dispatch(hideBanUserDialog(false)),
+  hideShortcutsNote: () => dispatch(hideShortcutsNote()),
 });
 
 export default compose(
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/Comment.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/Comment.js
index b18f239e4..6a06a6ca0 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/Comment.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/Comment.js
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ const Comment = ({actions = [], comment, ...props}) => {
                 <ActionButton key={i}
                               type={action}
                               user={comment.user}
+                              status={comment.status}
                               acceptComment={() => props.acceptComment({commentId: comment.id})}
                               rejectComment={() => props.rejectComment({commentId: comment.id})}
                 />
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/reducers/moderation.js b/client/coral-admin/src/reducers/moderation.js
index cf270543c..a40ac865f 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/reducers/moderation.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/reducers/moderation.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ const initialState = Map({
   modalOpen: false,
   user: Map({}),
   commentId: null,
-  banDialog: false
+  banDialog: false,
+  shortcutsNoteVisible: window.localStorage.getItem('coral:shortcutsNote') || 'show'
 });
 
 export default function moderation (state = initialState, action) {
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ export default function moderation (state = initialState, action) {
   case actions.SINGLE_VIEW:
     return state
       .set('singleView', !state.get('singleView'));
+  case actions.HIDE_SHORTCUTS_NOTE:
+    return state
+      .set('shortcutsNoteVisible', 'hide');
   default :
     return state;
   }
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json b/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
index f317b71a7..9e167232e 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
       "close": "Close",
       "actions": "Actions",
       "navigation": "Navigation",
+      "mod-faster": "Moderate faster with keyboard shortcuts",
+      "try-these": "Try these",
+      "view-more-shortcuts": "View more shortcuts",
+      "shift-key": "⇧",
       "approve": "Approve comment",
       "reject": "Reject comment",
       "nextcomment": "Go to the next comment",
@@ -226,6 +230,10 @@
       "rejected": "rechazado",
       "flagged": "marcado",
       "shortcuts": "Atajos de teclado",
+      "mod-faster": "Moderar más rápido con atajos del teclado",
+      "try-these": "Intenta estos",
+      "view-more-shortcuts": "Ver más atajos",
+      "shift-key": "⇧",
       "close": "Cerrar",
       "emptyqueue": "No se encontro ningún usuario. Están escondidos.",
       "showshortcuts": "Mostrar atajos",
diff --git a/client/coral-ui/components/Button.css b/client/coral-ui/components/Button.css
index 14ed64aa2..219b70a65 100644
--- a/client/coral-ui/components/Button.css
+++ b/client/coral-ui/components/Button.css
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
   box-shadow: 0 2px 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03), 0 3px 1px -2px rgba(0,0,0,.2), 0 1px 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.09);
   width: 128px;
 
-&:hover {
+  &:hover {
    color: white;
    background-color: #D03235;
    box-shadow: none;