Microsoft Teams is finally about to give your presentation this vital upgrade

Content from camera support is coming to Teams next month

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As students and teachers prepare to headback to school,Microsoftis working on a new feature that will make it easier to share content when delivering presentations inTeams.

Earlier this summer, the software giant revealed that it’s working on two newpresentation viewscalled Reporter and Side-by-Side for itsonline collaboration softwareto help make presentations more engaging so that speakers can better hold an audience’s attention.

Now though, Microsoft is developing a new feature that will allow users to easily bring real-world content from their cameras into Teams.

Content from camera

Content from camera

In anew poston theMicrosoft 365 Roadmap, Microsoft provided further details on its new “Content from camera” feature slated to arrive in Teams next month.

Once this feature rolls out, Teams users will be able to share content from physical artefacts such as whiteboards and documents in such a way that they will be legible for all users during meetings.

To use Microsoft’s “Content from camera” feature in Teams, users just need abusiness laptoporPCwith a built-in camera or even just aUSB webcam. Educators will also be able to share content directly from a document camera.

While many business users will appreciate being able to show work on a whiteboard in Teams, educators teaching STEM classes such as math or science often rely on document cameras to show students the correct way to solve complex problems.

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