On the Chromebook - Where's my caps lock?

This past week, I spent the majority of my time in a few of the classrooms that have Chromebooks. The most popular question students had about the hardware was related to their keyboard.

The design of the Chromebook is little different from a traditional laptop or desktop computer. The first difference that you probably noticed is the "missing" keys on the keyboard.

So what do you need to know to make the figure out the keyboard shortcuts?
Here is the first thing for you to do. Press CTRL + ALT + ? and you will see all the available
keyboard shortcuts. Instead of function (fn) keys, you have specific keys for managing your Chrome browser. Getting used to this may take a while, but once you get the hang of it, I am sure you will find it helpful.

The Search Key and Caps Lock Key
Your Chromebook does not have a caps lock key. The caps lock key has been replaced with a search key (that looks like a magnifying glass). The search key opens the Chrome OS apps menu, which is a very helpful key.  If you are certain you want to have a caps lock key instead, go to settings and search for Keyboard. From keyboard settings, you can change the function of the search key to caps lock.

The search key seems to be more widely used over the caps lock for school purposes. When the caps lock is REALLY needed, use the following keyboard shortcut.  ALT + SEARCH
This keyboard shortcut will enable and disable caps lock. When caps lock is turned on, you will
see a up arrow like icon on next to time on the taskbar.