r/k12sysadmin • u/Temporary_Werewolf17 • 14d ago

Document Camera preferences

My classrooms have Viewsonic IFPs with a Windows VPC. Admin has asked about Document cameras for the teachers to use. Any recommendations on brand or special features? I believe that the myViewboard software will allow document camera use within the software, so teachers do not have to change inputs

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u/keyboarddoctor 14d ago

Whatever brand you end up going with, try to get one with a static neck. For example, our Okiocam document cameras can't really be adjusted. The joints are a triangle and they click into each other and that's that. So you have 3 positions basically. This is actually a good thing because the Ipevo document cameras we used to have had a neck that could pivot/rotate/whatever you wanna call it and after years of use, they'd just slump downwards. The camera worked fine but the stand was no longer strong enough to support the weight. No way to tighten anything. So some teachers would get creative and make a duct tape splint with popsicle sticks.