The built in webcams on Macs are not great... is this the solution? Get the ideaCam (affiliate link): geni.us/sDU5hpW 0:00 Intro 1:09 Specs / Unboxing 4:56 Demo 10:18 Final thoughts
Can definitely see this being super useful for teaching, especially with going handheld and using the magnifier to look at details of books / illustrations. But yeah, the webcam quality itself is surprisingly bad especially for how big that webcam is. It's like a phone camera from 2012.