using a second external camera with microsoft teams

Carol,

I see your predicament, but there are two things you can do to eliminate your concern.  

1. Limit participant access to "Read-only" from the whiteboard app.
   • It works much smoother if you do not use the whiteboard app within teams and instead open the app outside of teams.
   • Participants can only view the whiteboard and cannot do anything to the whiteboard
   • You can change individual participants ability to interact with the whiteboard when you'd like them to participate.
     • Here's a video that does a decent job of explaining the features... Microsoft Whiteboard for Education - Full Feature Overview (April 2020)
     • Skip to 12:54 mark to see how to limit "Read-only" access
2. Share the "Whiteboard" app window similarly to how you would share a PowerPoint or PDF
   • This is maybe simpler to manage, but does not allow you the control to allow any participants to interact with the whiteboard
   • Some people do not realize that when you "share" you can share a single application or your desktop and therefore get nervous sharing in case something pops up they don't want the participants to see.  Teams (IMO) has made this much easier to manage than other virtual meeting platforms.
   • Here's a decent video on how to share specific apps in case you are not comfortable... How to Share your screen in Microsoft Teams Meeting

Please know two things; I am not a "Teams" expert by any means, however I may or may not work for the company that made this product and use these features every single day.  I come from a family of teachers and have personally taught most of them how to utilize this feature with their classes.  With a little practice is works very well.  Best of luck.

I'm A speech pathologist and it is very important for my students to see me as well the materials I am sharing.  That is why I posted the question about using a second camera.  My school system no longer allows us to use Zoom but I was able to share my materials with a second camera and my students could still see me.

Thank you for your suggestion.  At the moment, the whiteboard feature allows everyone to write on it at the same time and you cannot tell who wrote what.  As a middle school teacher, this option is a bit too dangerous, lol.  I do appreciate your reply, however.

Try using the whiteboard feature of Teams. You can project a digital whiteboard and do whatever you need to do.  Takes some practice, but is a great collaboration tool for virtually interacting and teaching.

As teachers, we need the secondary camera share feature to teach with.  For instance, if I am demonstrating how to solve an algebra problem with multiple steps, I want to actually solve the problem while interacting with the students.