help gimp find the camera

[isayhello2u]

I have  acquired an old used koolertron book scanner  (without a manual or software -so far have not been able to obtain either)    my window 11 pc  thinks its a usb 2.0 web camera.   but i would like to take photos directly from gimp   (i always update so im sure its the newest version of gimp)    I can take photos with microsoft camera app then upload to gimp.  but i would like to take a photo more directly as  im working with paper too large and fragile for a normal scanner   even a hand held one.    Gimp create can find my hp printer/scanner and my cannon/scanner  but can not find any usb connected camera.     I saw a reply on a similar question that said something about twain.   but im very end user computer illiterate  and need something that says  something like  step one go here and step two click that   step three type this  etc so on and so forth.   is there any one who can advise me?