OKIOLABS OKIOCAM T-4K 8MP USB Document Camera for Teachers and Classroom, Online Teaching, Video Calling, Doc Camera for Mac PC Chromebook

I had my doubts because I was looking for a 12MP camera. After lots of time researching and reading reviews I decided to give this docu camera a chance, and ooohhhh boy, what a great purchase. I used it already for several virtual tutoring sessions over Google Meet and i am very impressed with the performance.One thing worth mentioning is that I even used the camera over an iPad (solving math problems with the pencil), and the picture quality was very good, not complains from students about glare, or missing focus... really really good.Pros: lightweight, small, controls are both in the camera and in the software you download, great video quality.Cons: stay tuned, i haven't found any yet but will update as soon as I find one : )

The software of this device is the best for teaching/presenting live/online. Now I'm not sure if this is rare for document cameras because I've only used one other one before. And for that one, the only way to zoom was to manually left-click hold on a little zoom meter.But on this device/software, I can simply get both pages of an open textbook in view, and never touch the textbook or camera again. I can zoom in SO EASY with mouse wheel on the left page of the textbook, and then when I want to go to the right page, I just hold left-click on the view and drag it to the right page. The resolution is good enough that I can zoom in into a page itself even.I can't express how much quicker and fluid I am with the camera view on this device and software when using it to present/teach online.--- caveats ---Bug:There's a weird bug where, while above 1.5x zoom, if you drag to the edge of the screen fast enough, you can't drag away from the screen. Fortunately it's easy to fix by just wheel-scrolling back to 1.5x zoom. Fortunately 1.5x seems the most you'd want to zoom in anyways. And if you do want to zoom in more, as long as you don't ram the screen edges, the bug is not an issue at all. Hopefully they'll fix this soon.Another caveat: can't manipulate the screen when using Okiocam software's recording button. You'll have to just record/capture your screen manually while not using the Okiocam's record function if you want video of you zooming/dragging the camera view.Final caveat (maybe biggest?): MUST USE GOOGLE CHROME. A nice thing about this is I downloaded Google Chrome Canary and it still worked with the Okiocam software.

I’ve been using this camera for remote teaching for a few months now. I teach elementary grades and it is perfect for projecting picture books. The kids “pin” me in Microsoft Teams (far inferior to Zoom for teaching, but out school district won’t let us use Zoom—but that’s another story). When I read a small print chapter book and want kids to be able to see the text and follow along, the camera is not clear enough. I’ve tried adjusting the focus button(s) on the top of the camera unit, but it doesn’t seem to do anything. The camera works well enough to show a drawing, or my handwriting, clearly enough though. The adjustable arm is great, though it often takes a bit of fiddling around to get it lined up right, but I think that’s more to do with my crammed table space. That said, the camera doesn’t really center on the pad, so when I am positioning a book I just ignore the pad and usually have the book set half on the pad and half on the table. Since the pad is very thin, this doesn’t make a difference.It’s nothing like the document cameras we have in school, of course, but for the cost and convenience (those school models are bulky and heavy and need special software and cables to set up) it does everything I need it to to successfully teach my 2nd and 3rd graders. Regarding the lack of a built in light, it’s not really an issue fir me. It works well with natural daylight and if it’s a darker day I just move my ring lamp closer. Overall, I am very happy with this product. It has been a game changer for me as a remote teacher, and for the price and portability—a bargain.

Simple plug and play design is great! Be careful setting up and follow directions as to not break the plastic arm/camera's arm. When set up for vertical paper, after pivoting camera up top in the only direction it moves, the arm is where my arm and hand is so that is not the best design. If it pivoted the other way, the arm of the camera would not be in the way. Arm is also not tall or long enough to capture whole 8.5"x11" paper. For most part, I am very happy to have an affordable document camera for teaching and camera quality is okay. I can lower arm and zoom in or remove extraneous info from student's view. Included directions are really good for specifically explaining how to use in common teaching platforms like zoom, google meets, etc. I can't find out what all the button on camera do from your manual- maybe you did not publish what all the buttons do. Can you send us or publish what all the buttons do? Maybe one of the buttons would let me flip the image so the arm is not in way when I am writing in camera's view? But I was afraid to experiment with the buttons and change settings without knowing what the buttons do.