Welcome to NFT Creation & Minting – Turn Your Ideas into Digital Impact! 

This course opens the door to the exciting and purposeful world of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Built on the fundamentals of blockchain technology, it is specially designed for young changemakers like you — volunteers, creators, students, youth workers, educators, and NGO representatives who want to combine creativity, innovation, and social responsibility. 

Through practical, step-by-step guidance on the SINFT platform, you will learn how to design, create, and mint your own NFTs. Whether you want to tell personal stories, showcase artistic visions, or support community-driven causes, you will discover how to transform your ideas into unique digital assets capable of generating support and sustainable funding for meaningful projects. 

Beyond the technical skills, the course explores NFT marketplaces, the ethical use of digital technologies, and the importance of audited smart contracts in building trust and transparency. 

By the end of this course, you will not only master NFT creation but also understand how to use these powerful tools for social innovation and collective progress — directly contributing to the SINFT mission of empowering youth to create real social impact through blockchain and NFTs. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Explain the core principles of NFTs (tokenization, ownership, and metadata) 
• Identify opportunities for social impact through NFTs 
• Confidently design and create original NFTs on the SINFT platform 

Are you ready to turn your creativity into lasting digital impact? Let's begin! 

🌐 Welcome to the world of blockchain  

With the knowledge you gain here, you'll join the part of the global population that is informed and uses the latest technologies – putting you a few steps ahead of the rest.      

In this lesson, you’ll learn the first move into the NFT world: creating a digital (crypto) wallet.    

You’ll use it to cover all costs of making and launching your NFTs – and it’s also where your earnings land when NFTs sell.   

👇 Check out the image below – it shows the NFT creation process and how the wallet plays its part. 

🎨 Creating NFTs on SINFT – Your digital art studio 

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to bring your NFT ideas to life on the SINFT platform. First, you’ll understand the two ways to access the blockchain part: as a regular user (automatic authentication through the Edu part, where you can see campaigns) or as a Lab creator (access via your Labs, with credits automatically transferred to the NFT portal – no password needed). Once you connect your Solana wallet (Phantom – covered in Lesson 3), a tiny amount of SOL is sent to you to cover transaction fees. Then you land on the Creator Dashboard – your main workspace. 

The dashboard has three tabs: 

• Cause – Name your campaign and define how funds will be split. You set a public campaign title and a short description of what buyers are supporting. 

• Generate – Create your artwork. You can upload your own images or use AI to generate art. Just type a description (prompt), optionally click “Enhance Prompt” to make it richer, then click “Generate”. Each generation costs 1 credit. There are limits: max 10 generations for Labs with ≤40 total credits, max 15 for Labs with >40 credits. 

• Mint – After saving your images, you’ll mint them as NFTs and manage your collection (covered in the next lesson). 

When you’re happy with the generated or uploaded image, click “Save to Campaign” – it appears in the gallery below, ready for minting. 

👇 Check out the image below – it shows the NFT creation process and how art creation is first step in this process.

🖼️ Minting on SINFT – Turn your art into blockchain NFTs 

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to mint your artwork as real NFTs on the Solana blockchain. Minting means turning a digital file (image, description, metadata) into a token that lives on‑chain – and SINFT makes it straightforward. 

First, you create an on‑chain Collection. 
A Collection is a Solana account that groups all NFTs from your campaign together. Click the Mint button to open the Create Collection panel. The collection name is pre‑filled from your campaign title (you can change it). Choose a thumbnail image from your generated artworks – this will represent your collection on marketplaces. Then set the secondary sale royalty – that’s the percentage you earn every time someone resells your NFT later. The default is 5% (you can lower it for better first‑sale chances). Your wallet automatically receives 100% of the funds from sales (you can add extra recipients later). When you’re ready, click Create Collection – a pop‑up confirms success and shows the collection’s blockchain address. 

Then you mint individual NFTs. 
Still on the Mint tab, the NFT Minter panel shows your artwork gallery. Click any image you want to mint. Fill in: 

• Name – the NFT title as it appears on‑chain. 

• Description – a short explanation of the piece. 

• (Optional) Cause/mission website link – buyers can learn more. 

Click Mint NFT and confirm the transaction in your Phantom wallet. After a few seconds, minting completes: a pop‑up informs you, and you’re automatically returned to your campaign page. The artwork’s status changes to “minted but not listed”, and the platform deducts 2 credits (this covers blockchain fees). Repeat for every artwork you want to mint. 

👇 Check out the image below – it shows the NFT creation process and where NFT minitng is positioned. 

🛒 NFT Marketplace – List, sell, and fund your mission 

After you’ve minted your NFTs, you’re automatically redirected to your campaign panel where all mission information is displayed. To start selling, go to My Listings (top navigation → Creator menu → My Listings). The “Ready to list” section shows all minted, unlisted NFTs. 

Click “List for impact” next to an artwork – a listing form opens. Here you can set the price in USD using preset buttons ($10, $25, $50, …) or type your own amount. 

⚠️ Important for Lab members
A predefined percentage of each sale will be split equally among the wallets of all Lab members. Therefore, every Lab member must have a connected wallet on the platform before you can list an NFT. Another predefined percentage goes to platform operational costs.  

After setting the price, click “List NFT” and confirm the transaction in Phantom. The listing costs 2 credits. Once confirmed, the NFT appears live on the marketplace. 

Explore the marketplace – navigate to Marketplace to see all listed collections and NFTs. Click any NFT card to view the detail page with price, artist split, and a “Buy” button. Click a cause card to filter only that campaign’s listings. 

On the My Listings panel, you can also remove NFTs from the marketplace if needed. 

👇 Check out the image below – it shows the NFT creation process and how to put NFTs on marketplace.