using a second external camera with microsoft teams

Its not ideal but I have a mobile phone on a bendy bracket with Teams installed on it. The phone joins the meeting as well as my PC so I have 2 viewpoints. I use one for delivery and PowerPoint presentation, and the other to view my actions, be it writing on the whiteboard or doing detail work on the desk. Before each session I set the camera up to be the view I will need for that lesson. Similarly to yourself, I teach material science and find it really useful when trying to show students how to do things. I hope this helps.

I was able to do it with a method as i am also a drawing teacher:

-open/isntall in your second device teams (eg. iPhone).

-ad a new account with another email you have.

-then when you are in the meeting , in the attendees bar, ad your personal email..so it is invited to join. copy that link (located exactly where you typed the person name).

-then you are in.. there you can have both videos on (just turn off the sound and mic of the cellphone camera)...and that's it!!

I have looked at OBS as well as Manycam, as the guy that has to support people in my company i usually recommend manycam as its more graphically friendly, though it costs money unlike OBS.  It is pretty easy to share 2 cameras, manycam even has a mobile app so i have a stalk on my desk that i can put my phone in, and the app connects to manycam on my desktop so my phone acts as the second camera.  It also allows you to flip, zoom, etc in the meeting on the fly.

That's great. I had not heard of ManyCam, and in essence this is exactly what I need. Of course I wish they had a free version...but this appears to solve my problem. Thanks for pointing it out.

Hello Brandon, I fully agree with your comment :-)  Microsoft, as always, is absolutely not professional!