The student learned several important lessons in progressing from a preliminary school magazine task to a full music magazine product. For the cover, they learned to use a large central image that matches the genre and audience, and to include key details like the title, issue information, and barcode. For the contents page, they learned to include more images and headlines at a professional standard, clearly link images to articles, and plan out the page in advance to make it more polished and attention-grabbing. Overall, they gained experience in choosing appropriate design elements and layout to appeal to the target audience and market the magazine effectively.