well good luck first off
you can just soak them in a cup of water, at room temp.
no elaborate thing there.they need only be wet.do not forget them and check them to see if sprouting what looks like a lil white worm,.its a tap root.this lil root must not be damaged
spoon them out carefully when sprouted(day or two)check often after one day,
cover them up with about a inch or so of soil
the paper towel method works,but you can damage the taproot if not carefull when removing them and placing in the sioil

to play it safe
just stick the seed in the soil and water it, few days it will be up if good seed that is.
germinating only saves you a few days at best,
most people do so to know they dont have a pot of soil with a dead seed in it wiating for nothing see,,thats the only advantage,few days and to know its started>
agian good luck and happy growing
peace